by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 8, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
The oldest living winner of the Indianapolis 500 auto race, Parnelli Jones, died at age 90 on June 4, 2024 after suffering for several years with Parkinson’s disease. He was an American professional racing-car driver who later became a racing team owner and a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 11, 2024 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Too much sun exposure can cause skin cancers, but getting small amounts of sunlight on your skin for short periods may have some benefits beyond providing vitamin D. It appears that sunlight may help to reduce risk for heart attacks by:• reducing blood cholesterol...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 26, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Bobby Knight was one of the most successful college basketball coaches of all time. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991 as the coach of college teams that won 902 games and lost 371. At Indiana University from 1971 to 2000, his...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 13, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Robbie Robertson was a Canadian musician who played lead guitar and sang and wrote songs for Bob Dylan in the 1960s and 1970s, and with “The Band” until 1978. Then he continued his successful career as a solo recording artist and film music composer, and wrote books....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 21, 2023 | Nutrition
Many scientific studies show that eating sugar-rich whole fruit is healthful, even for people who are diabetic (Annals of Int Med, June 16, 2020;172(12):826-827). However, I tried eating an extremely large amount of fruit (15-20 clementines or 10 regular oranges per...
