by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 7, 2024 | Other Diseases & Conditions
It is never too late to adopt a healthful lifestyle. Researchers followed the records of people over age 80 (61 percent women) for an average five years and found that those with the most healthful lifestyle (no smoking, regular exercise and varied diet) were most...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 7, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Tom Sizemore was a popular and prolific movie actor and television star who appeared in Saving Private Ryan, which was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast. His notable films include Black Hawk Down, Heat,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 7, 2023 | Other Diseases & Conditions
About 22 percent of North Americans ages 85-89 and 33 percent of those over 90 suffer some degree of dementia (JAMA Neurol, 2022;79(12):1242-1249). A study from the Chicago Health and Aging Project, which followed 2449 men and women over age 65, suggests that there is...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 27, 2022 | Nutrition
When germs invade your body, your immune system sends out cells and proteins to kill the invading germs. Your immune system responds with exactly the same cells and proteins in the same way when cells in your body are injured, to remove damaged tissue and start the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 22, 2022 | Nutrition
A study of 360,600 British adults found that high levels of exercise will not protect you from the life-shortening effects of an unhealthful diet (Brit J of Sprts Med, July 12, 2022). People who ate an unhealthful diet and exercised vigorously every day still were at...