by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 15, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Franz Kafka was one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, even though little of his work was published before his death at the young age of 40. He had tuberculosis in his esophagus, which prevented food from reaching his stomach, so he starved to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 8, 2015 | Men's Health
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires makers of prescription testosterone products to have a label stating that: • taking testosterone may cause heart attacks, strokes and death, and • it is approved only for men who have low testosterone levels due to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 8, 2015 | Nutrition
A study on mice showed that emulsifiers can disrupt intestinal bacteria to cause inflammation and weight gain (Nature, Feb 25, 2015). Emulsifiers are added to many foods, such as ice cream, salad dressing, pastas, bread and cookies, to prolong shelf life and keep...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 1, 2015 | Nutrition
An editorial in the February 19, 2015 Journal of the American Medical Association states that Vitamin D, in combination with calcium, has been shown to be good for your bones. However, Joanne Manson, the author of the editorial, says that there is no good evidence...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 1, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Julian Seymour Schwinger (February 12, 1918 – July 16, 1994) was one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century. He shared a Nobel Prize in theoretical physics with another genius, Richard Feynman, for his re-normalization theory of quantum electrodynamics....
