by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 25, 2018 | Nutrition
More than 70 percent of North American adults are overweight and almost 50 percent will become diabetic. A study from China shows that eating more fiber-containing foods encourages growth of bacteria in your colon that can lower high blood sugar levels to normal...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 25, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
One of the world's greatest theoretical physicists died on March 13, 2018 at age 76. In spite of suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) which left him able to move only a few muscles in the side of his face, he opened new ground on how we view the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 16, 2018 | Fitness
Two exciting studies show that older men and women who have cycled for many years do not have the markers of aging found in non-exercising people (Aging Cell, March 8, 2018). Their muscle size and strength, amount of body fat, levels of hormones such as testosterone,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 16, 2018 | Heart Health
The evidence is overwhelming that statin drugs do help to lower cholesterol and to reduce risk for heart attacks. However, one study confirms that statins interfere with the ability to exercise and to compete in sports, even in patients who report no symptoms (J Clin...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 16, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Madame Marie Curie was one of the most brilliant and hard-working people who ever lived. She won two Nobel Prizes and helped her husband and daughter each win one. When she died in 1934 at age 66, her death certificate read that she died of pernicious anemia...
