by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 5, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
At age 60, British comedian Ian Cognito collapsed and died from a heart attack while performing on stage at a crowded comedy club on April 11, 2019. The audience thought that this was part of his act and did not realize that he was actually having a heart...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 28, 2019 | Joints & Bones
On April 9, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new osteoporosis drug called Evenity. Bones are constantly changed by bone cells called osteoblasts that grow new bone and osteoclasts that remove old bone cells. Evenity is a monoclonal antibody that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 28, 2019 | Nutrition
A brilliant and very important breakthrough study shows that restricting mammal meat and eggs markedly lowers blood levels of TMAO (Eur Heart J, Feb 14, 2019;40(7):583-594). Mammal meat and eggs are rich sources of choline, carnitine and lecithin that are converted in...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 28, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
Peter Sellers was a very talented British film actor, comedian and singer who could create characters and copy accents so effectively that he often played several different roles in the same film. He was nominated three times for an Academy Award, and four times for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 21, 2019 | Fitness
A recent study shows that people who use high-intensity interval training (HIIT) are far more likely to become injured than people who use less intense exercise and that the highest injury rate from interval training is in men at ages 20 to 39, the ages when they are...
