by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Nearly fifty percent of people over 85 suffer from symptoms of dementia of which Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive loss of brain cells, is the most common form. The second most common type of dementia comes from repeated strokes. This month researchers offer...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2018 | Nutrition
Fasting can help people lose weight and slow the diseases being overweight causes (Obesity, Feb 2018;26(2):254-268). For several years I have been recommending the various types of intermittent fasting, but perhaps the easiest way to use fasting for weight loss and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2018 | Nutrition
The National Institutes of Health cancelled and withdrew funds for a prospective study on how drinking alcohol affects heart attack risk because it was to be largely funded by the alcohol industry itself, and for "concerns about the study design that cast doubt...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Chuck Vinci won gold medals at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic games and the 1955 and 1959 Pan American Games, and set 12 world records in the bantamweight class of weightlifting. He was arguably one of the world’s greatest weightlifters before steroids and growth...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 24, 2018 | Fitness
Your most efficient stride length is determined by what feels most comfortable to you. You cannot run faster by consciously trying to increase your stride length. When you run, your foot hits the ground with great force. The tendons in your legs absorb some of this...
