by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 26, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
David Koch was incredibly gifted, both genetically and financially, and became a chemical engineer, businessman, political activist, and philanthropist. With one of his brothers, he grew a vast inheritance into joint ownership of Koch Industries, and at the time...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 24, 2019 | Health, Other Diseases & Conditions
Your body uses inflammation to protect you from invading germs and to heal injuries. When a germ gets into your body, your immune system makes cells and proteins to kill that germ. As soon as the germ is gone, your immune system is supposed to dampen down and stop...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 24, 2019 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study of more than two million people showed that being overweight markedly increases risk for at least nine different cancers in men (bladder, colorectum, gallbladder, kidney, liver, lung, lymphatic system, pancreas, stomach) and eleven cancers in women...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 19, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
Mitch Petrus, who won a Super-Bowl with the New York Giants in 2011, died of heat stroke at the very young age of 32. He had worked outside all day at his parents' shop in greater than 100 degree heat index weather during a Pan-Arkansas heat advisory. ...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 16, 2019 | Nutrition
Researchers at Tufts University analyzed data from 30,899 U.S. adults who had answered questionnaires on the foods that they ate and the supplements that they took, and were then followed for six years or more (Annals of Internal Medicine, May 7, 2019). A total of...
