by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 20, 2018 | Fitness
A review of 17 studies, covering almost 200,000 people, found that men who work at the most physically active jobs have an 18 percent higher risk of premature death compared to people with less physically-demanding jobs (British J of Sports Medicine, May 14, 2018)....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 20, 2018 | Joints & Bones
Eighty percent of North Americans have X-ray evidence of osteoarthritis by age 65, and 60 percent have significant joint pain. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of joint pain and since there is no effective treatment, doctors usually just prescribe medications to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 20, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Humphrey Bogart was one of Hollywood’s most famous actors. In 1942, he starred in Casablanca, which won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Picture, got him nominated for Best Actor and made him the highest paid actor up to that time, with an income of more than...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 13, 2018 | Nutrition
Obesity shortens lives by increasing risk for diabetes, heart attacks, strokes and many cancers, yet the dozens of widely-promoted weight loss diets have failed to stop the epidemic of obesity that has spread for the last 50 years. Daily restriction of calories,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 13, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Audrey Hepburn was a movie star, ballet dancer, model and humanitarian who suffered such extreme starvation as a child during the Nazi occupation of Holland that she came out of World War II weighing only 88 pounds in a 5'6" frame. She was extremely...
