by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 19, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Tim McCarver was twice a major League all-star catcher and was a member of two World Series-winning teams during his 21 years of playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox. After his playing career, he became a TV...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 5, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Bobby Hull was one of the best hockey players who ever lived. He played professional hockey for 23 years, from 1957 to 1980, and led the NHL in goals seven times. He played in 1,063 NHL games and accumulated 610 goals, 560 assists, 1,170 points and 640 penalty...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 22, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
David Crosby was a brilliant songwriter, singer and guitarist who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice for playing in his world-famous bands, the “Byrds” and “Crosby, Stills & Nash.” Five of his albums were named to Rolling Stone’s...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 23, 2022 | Diabetes
Most type II diabetics are overweight, but about 15 percent are not overweight. About 25 percent of children with type II diabetes are not overweight (JAMA Netw Open, 2022;5(12):e2247186). A study presented on September 23, 2022 at the European Association for the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 17, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Robbie Coltrane was a Scottish actor and comedian who was famous for portraying Rubeus Hagrid in all of the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). He also played Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999),...
