by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 22, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Terry Dischinger was an All-American college basketball player at Purdue, averaging 28 points per game, and a 2019 inductee into the College Basketball Hall of Fame. At age 19, he was a member of the United States men’s 1960 Olympic championship basketball team....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 10, 2023 | Fitness
A study of 1275 people found that those who had very weak hand grip strength had signs of accelerated aging, as measured by deterioration of the DNA in their cells (J Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Feb 2023;14(1):108-115). The authors of this study cited earlier...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 28, 2023 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Ten thousad people attended the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Amsterdam on July 19, 2023, which featured more than 3,000 scientific presentations. Much of this conference dealt with amyloid plaques and the drugs associated with them....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 13, 2023 | Fitness
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). The risk for dementia can be reduced significantly by exercising and lowering high blood sugar levels, maintaining a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 25, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Raquel Welch was a Hollywood actress and television star whom Playboy called the “Most Desired Woman” of the 1970s, and ranked as Number Three on their “100 Sexiest Stars of the Twentieth Century” (after Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield). She...
