by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 31, 2019 | Heart Health
You have more than 100 trillion bacteria living in your colon, with some types that are helpful and other types that are harmful. With aging, the ratio of good to bad types of bacteria appears to change, increasing the amounts of harmful bacteria and reducing the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 31, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
On January 26, 1979, Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice President of the United States, a four-term governor of New York and an heir to the Rockefeller family fortune, died at age 70 of a heart attack that was rumored to have occurred during extramarital sex. New York...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 24, 2019 | Nutrition
For more than 60 years we have heard that saturated fat and cholesterol may be the driving forces behind the high rate of heart attacks in North America. A new study shows strong statistical links between eating a lot of high-cholesterol animal products — eggs,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 24, 2019 | Fitness
If you are an exerciser and develop a sharp pain on a bone that hurts when you press directly on that spot and does not hurt to touch an inch away, you probably have a stress fracture. Stress fractures are very common injuries, particularly in runners. In one study,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 24, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
This is the saddest story I have ever had to write. Kelly Catlin was a world-class bicycle racer who won a silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and gold medals in the 2016, 2017, and 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the same time, she was a...
