by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 23, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
Bob Marley was a superstar Jamaican singer, guitarist and songwriter who sold more than 20 million records by bringing Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to the world. He was the first major rock artist to come out of a Third World country. He mixed...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 16, 2016 | Nutrition
With the ever-increasing epidemic of obesity in North America, almost 20 percent of children and more than 70 percent of adults are overweight, which increases risk for heart attacks, diabetes, strokes, arthritis and certain cancers. A new study of 84 children and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 16, 2016 | Nutrition
North Americans consume an average of 50 gallons of soda per year, making them the largest consumers of sugared drinks in the world. The Centers for Disease Control says that two-thirds of the added sugar consumed in the U.S. comes from processed foods (breakfast...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 16, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
Glenn Yarbrough was the lead singer with the Limeliters, one of the most popular folk singing groups of the early 1960s. From 1959 to 1963 the three singers, Glenn Yarbrough on the guitar, Alex Hassilev on the banjo and Lou Gottlieb on the bass, earned millions...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 9, 2016 | Other Diseases & Conditions
On October 3, the 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi, a 71 year old Japanese scientist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, for his pioneering research on autophagy. His breakthrough work will advance efforts to prevent and treat cancers,...
