by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 1, 2015 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The most common cause of senility in North America is Alzheimer’s disease, a horrible condition in which a person loses his capacity to reason, think, recognize and function. Former president Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer’s disease, as do some Nobel Prize...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 7, 2014 | Deaths of Famous People
The Ultimate Warrior, one of the most famous professional wrestlers of all time, died of a heart attack at the very young age of 54 on April 8, 2014, just days after he was inducted into the World Wrestling Hall of Fame. He was walking to his car with his wife outside...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 10, 2014 | Deaths of Famous People
In 1969, Brian Piccolo was a 26-year-old fullback for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He died from that disease in 1970. He was immortalized in “Brian’s Song”, the movie of his life that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 19, 2014 | Deaths of Famous People
Perhaps the most amazing mathematician of all time was Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan (1887-1920). He worked out incredibly complicated problems and expanded our knowledge of elliptic functions, continued fractions and infinite series. During his 32 years of life, he...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 8, 2013 | Diana's Healthful Recipes
The “Three Sisters” are corn, beans and squash, which were grown together by American Indians. The beans climbed on the corn stalks and returned nitrogen to the soil, and the low-growing squash vines shaded all the roots and kept weeds from sprouting. They...
