by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 1, 2023 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study from Spain called the Vallecas Project has followed 1169 non-demented people, average age 74.4, for six years and found that some of the participants had memory test scores that were equal to people who were 30 years younger. The authors call the high-scorers...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 1, 2023 | Nutrition
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 39 percent of adults ages 60 and older take multi-vitamin pills, spending more than $8 billion on them each year. Highly respected researchers at Harvard and Columbia medical schools conducted a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 8, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Barbara Walters was a brilliant television broadcaster for 65 years from 1951 through 2015. Her ability to ask the right questions at the right time made her the one chosen to interview some of the world’s most famous people, including: Fidel Castro, Anwar Sadat,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 11, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
One in nine North Americans over age 65 will develop dementia, a progressive brain disorder that interferes with normal daily living and is marked by memory loss, personality changes and impaired reasoning (Alz Dementia, 2015;11(3):310-320). Aging is the major risk...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 8, 2020 | Fitness
Researchers followed 3462 people, ages 35 to 75, for 5.3 years and found that those who nap once or twice a week had a much lower risk of heart disease, while those who napped more frequently than twice a week had the same risk for heart disease as those who did not...
