by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 10, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
Do you know why a healthy person who makes other people sick may be called "Typhoid Mary"? There really was a Typhoid Mary. She was an apparently healthy person who caused more than ten documented epidemics of typhoid fever, at least three documented...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 3, 2019 | Other Diseases & Conditions
At last, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing new rules on sunscreen safety. Finalizing these rules and actually making changes on the regulation or labeling of sunscreens will take time, so I advise you to follow their recommendations now by...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 3, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
Peter Tork sang and played bass and keyboard for The Monkees, a television show about a band spoofing The Beatles. The show ran for two years from 1966 to 1968 and won an Emmy Award for outstanding comedy. The band had several songs that became number one on the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 24, 2019 | Other Diseases & Conditions
More than 30 percent of North Americans over the age of 85 suffer from dementia. A study presented at the International Stroke Conference 2019 shows that having harmful bacteria in your colon increases risk for dementia (Scientific Reports, Jan 30, 2019;9(1008)). The...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 24, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
Albert Finney was an English actor best remembered for his Academy Award-nominated roles as the lawyer in Erin Brockovich, Geoffrey Firmin in Under the Volcano, Sir in The Dresser, Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, and the title role in the 1963 classic,...
