by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 11, 2018 | Fitness
Everyone should try to exercise every day because exercise helps to prevent diabetes and heart attacks by lowering high blood sugar and stabilizing plaques. A review of 12 studies shows that exercising within three hours after eating lowers blood sugar levels...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 11, 2018 | Heart Health
More people are taking fish oil pills than ever before, yet very strong data show that fish oil pills do not reduce risk for heart disease. Ten large randomized studies following 77,917 people for an average of 4.4 years showed that taking fish oil pills does not...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 11, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Strong family support helped Mickey Mantle go from a poor mining town in Oklahoma to being the superstar center fielder of the New York Yankees in the 1950s and 1960s. He hit 536 home runs, had the highest stolen base percentage and was arguably the greatest...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 4, 2018 | Joints & Bones
Eighty percent of North Americans have X-ray evidence of osteoarthritis by age 65, and sixty percent have significant joint pain. More than 700,000 people in the United States have their knees replaced each year. It now looks like inflammation, lack of exercise and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 4, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study showed that prunes are an effective treatment for constipation, with 120 healthy adults, who did not eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and had bowel movements only 3-6 times a week, assigned to groups given either 0, 10 or 15 prunes per day for four weeks....
