by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 3, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
Many experts consider Naim Suleymanoglu to be the greatest weightlifter of all time because he set an incredible 46 world records, won three straight Olympic gold medals and won eight world championships. He set a world record of 190 kilograms (419 pounds) in the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 26, 2017 | Heart Health
The American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and nine other heart health groups agree that you have high blood pressure if your blood pressure is above 130/80, not 140/90 as the previous guidelines recommended (American Heart Association’s...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 26, 2017 | Nutrition
Researchers from Denmark performed a detailed survey of studies published between 2005 and 2015 on the associations between egg consumption, cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes (European Journal of Nutrition, published online September 27, 2017). They...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 26, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
In spite of stuttering from age three onward, Mel Tillis became a world-famous singer and songwriter, movie actor and television host. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1976 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007. ...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 19, 2017 | Heart Health
For many years HDL cholesterol has been called “good” because it carries plaque-forming particles from your arteries and bloodstream back to your liver where they can be removed from your body. A study from Texas Medical Center showed that regular HDL...
