by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Today’s extremely conservative U.S. Supreme Court members are all aware of the opinions of Antonin Scalia, who was appointed to the Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. Scalia was the first Italian-American justice and he spent the next 30 years as one of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 23, 2023 | Diabetes
At age 45, you have a 20 percent chance of developing dementia as you age (Dementia, 2015;11(3):310-20). By age 85, more than 35 percent of North Americans have early or full-blown dementia (JAMA Neurol, 2022;79(12):1242-1249). High blood sugar and high blood pressure...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 11, 2023 | Diabetes
About 70 percent of North American adults will suffer from type II diabetes or prediabetes. The most common cause of diabetes is excess fat in the liver, which prevents your body from responding to insulin to cause high blood sugar levels. When you have high blood...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 16, 2023 | Nutrition
The largest and most thorough review to date of research on sweetened drinks found that “fruit” drinks and other sweetened drinks are strongly associated with overweight and obesity (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Jan 2023;117(1):160-174). The...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 9, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Thomas Alva Edison invented the phonograph, a long-lasting incandescent light bulb, the kinetoscope, the dictaphone, an autographic printer and rechargeable batteries. He improved the telephone by inventing the carbon microphone. He was arguably the world’s greatest...
