by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 5, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The American Association for Cancer Research reports that being overweight is linked to 25 percent of cancers, and adding lack of exercise and eating pro-inflammatory foods raises the risk to 33 percent of newly diagnosed cancer cases in the U.S. The International...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 28, 2017 | Joints & Bones
Data from the Rotterdam Study, a prospective study of 14,926 people 45 or older who have been followed since 1990, show that a diet based on vegetables, fruits, dairy, fish and poultry is associated with: • markedly reduced risk for fractures, • higher bone density on...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 28, 2017 | Nutrition
Many people who want to follow a high-plant diet are concerned about pesticides. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 20,000 farmers and their families are poisoned by pesticides each year, but no studies have shown pesticide poisoning from routine...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 28, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
February 15th is the 75th anniversary of the Fall of Singapore in 1942, described by Winston Churchill as “the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”, when the combined forces of 85,000 British, Australian, Dutch and Indian troops...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 22, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
I had my appendix removed when I was a child because the doctor told my mother it was a useless organ that might someday burst and cause horrible problems. After generations of children had their appendices removed for no reason, researchers have found that perhaps it...
