by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 24, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
This is the story of a beautiful woman who married eight times mostly to older men for fortune and favors, plus a ninth husband who was 27 years younger and gained fame and fortune by marrying her. She wrote several autobiographies, including the 1970 book, How...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 18, 2016 | Heart Health
Many people who take statin drugs complain of muscle pain and muscle damage. A new study associates this statin-induced muscle pain with low blood levels of vitamin D (Atherosclerosis, 11/22/2016). An eight–week randomized, double–blind crossover trial of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 18, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
On September 29, 2016, country music lost one of its all-time greats. Most of you have heard Jean Shepard singing "A Dear John Letter" with Ferlin Husky, the first post-World War II record by a female country singer to become the number one country...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 11, 2016 | Fitness
If you don’t exercise regularly and vigorously, expect to lose a significant amount of muscle strength as you age, and expect that loss of strength to reduce the quality of your life. A 15-year follow-up study showed that older people who lift weights at least...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 11, 2016 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Exercise is now recommended as part of the treatment for cancer by the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, the American Cancer Society, the Oncology Nursing Society, the Commission...
