by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 2, 2017 | Heart Health
People who take red yeast rice pills to lower their cholesterol levels may not be getting their expected protection against suffering a heart attack. North Americans spend an estimated 40 million dollars a year on these pills. Harvard professor Pieter Cohen tested 28...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 2, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
Stephen Furst performed in, directed and produced many movies and television shows, but he is best remembered for his first movie role in 1978 as the lovable, insecure and massively obese "Flounder" in the 1978 hit movie, National Lampoon’s Animal...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 25, 2017 | Fitness
It took years for the medical community to learn what causes a side stitch in which a runner suddenly develops a sharp stabbing pain, usually in the right upper part of the belly just underneath the ribs. With continued running, the pain worsens, but it goes away as...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 25, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
Dina Merrill was an American actress and philanthropist who was the only child of Marjorie Merriweather Post, the Post Cereals heiress who became the richest woman in America, and her second husband, E.F. Hutton, the fabulously-wealthy founder of the financial company...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 18, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A seven-year study of 992 patients with colon cancer that had already spread to their bellies had a 42 percent reduction in death rate and a 31 percent reduction in recurrence of their cancer when they: • avoided overweight • exercised regularly (one hour of...
