by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 5, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Don Imus wore an old cowboy hat as the confrontational radio host of “Imus in the Morning,” who shouted tasteless, obscene, sexist, homophobic and even racist remarks about people in the news over more than 100 radio stations to become the “shock jock of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 5, 2020 | Fitness
Scientific American published a fascinating article that explains why you should exercise your brain while you exercise your body (January 2020;322(1):26-31). Almost 50 percent of North Americans over 85 and 13 percent of those over 65 suffer from some loss of brain...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 4, 2020 | Diabetes
Researchers at UCLA report that type II diabetes can be caused by repeatedly high levels of insulin from exposing the pancreas to too much fat (Diabetes, Nov 18, 2019). Similar results were also reported previously (Molecules, Jun 19, 2018;23(6):E1483; Diabetes, Aug...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 3, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Getting credit for a great scientific discovery is sometimes just a matter of luck. You all know that penicillin can be made by fungi to kill bacteria, but most of you do not know the sad story that more than 120 years ago, antibiotics were first discovered by an...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 29, 2019 | Nutrition
Egg yolks are among the richest food sources of cholesterol, and almost 100 million North American adults have high blood cholesterol levels, signifying increased risk for heart attacks. Most of the cholesterol in your body is made by your liver and less comes from...
