by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 15, 2017 | Diabetes
People who eat a lot of sugar can develop a liver full of fat that can lead to diabetes (Clin Sci (Lond), 2017 Sep 18). Twelve men with fatty livers who had not been diagnosed as being diabetic and the same number of non-diabetic men with normal livers were fed either...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 15, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
Tom Petty was a rock singer, songwriter and record producer who was the lead singer of the Heartbreakers, the Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He was one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with more than 80 million records sold over his...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 7, 2017 | Heart Health
A study surveyed more than 4,000 adults ages 40 to 54 about their breakfast habits and then checked them for heart attack risk factors. The researchers found that people who eat a large percentage of their total daily calories for breakfast have the fewest heart...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 7, 2017 | Nutrition
The World Cancer Research Fund International Continuous Update Project has released its recent findings from their review of about 400 studies. They found that the risk for colorectal cancer increases by 12 percent for every 100 grams per day of processed meat or red...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 7, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
John von Neumann was one of the most versatile and brilliant mathematicians of all time. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1955 and died a year later after it spread quickly to his bones and brain. He had helped to develop both atomic and hydrogen...
