by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 1, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Lack of vitamin D can cause weak bones that break easily, bone pain, and muscle weakness, and may increase risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, certain cancers, nerve damage and autoimmune conditions such as multiple sclerosis. However, taking very high doses...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 27, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Marie Antoinette and Sir Thomas More were both reported to have had their hair turn gray on the nights before their executions. However, hair is dead skin, so it can’t possibly change color. Grey hair means that you have a mixture of white and pigmented hairs. The...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 25, 2020 | Fitness
Up to 70 percent of North Americans adults will develop diabetes or pre-diabetes, usually from insulin resistance caused by excess fat in the liver and muscles. Exercise helps to empty fat from the liver and muscles, so exercise helps to prevent and treat diabetes....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 25, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A prospective study followed 291,778 individuals, ages 43-58, who did not have diabetes, heart disease or cancer at the beginning of the study. After 11 years, significantly higher cancer and heart attack rates were found in subjects who had any one of these five...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 20, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
David Olney was a famous singer-songwriter who released more than 20 albums and wrote songs for Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Young, Del McCoury, Laurie Lewis and many others. On January 19, 2020, this 71-year-old was performing his second show of...
