by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 24, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
Bess Myerson won the 1945 Miss America contest because she was the most beautiful, most talented and at 5'10", the tallest entrant. She won the talent competition by playing Grieg on the piano and Gershwin on the flute. She went on to become an...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 17, 2016 | Fitness
A new study from France shows that night-time fasting after intense workouts on alternate days helps athletes exercise longer and faster (Med Sci Sports Exerc, April 2016;48(4):663-72). This is an impeccable study in which 21 trained competitive endurance athletes...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 17, 2016 | Joints & Bones
Exciting research from the Medical University of Vienna shows that most cases of osteoarthritis are caused by an overactive immunity, just like rheumatoid arthritis and reactive arthritis (The Journal of Immunology, February 15, 2016;196(4):1910-1921). These...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 10, 2016 | Fitness
Diana and I are passionate bicycle riders and have been riding a tandem bike for 25 years. Eight years ago we retired and moved to Florida so we could ride 365 days a year. We live in The Villages, the largest retirement community in the world, and ride with an active...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 10, 2016 | Women's Health
New results from the WHEL (Women’s Healthy Eating and Living) Study show that women who did not eat for at least 13 hours at night (6PM to 7AM) had a 36 percent lower risk of cancer recurrence (JAMA Oncology, published online March 31, 2016). In a seven-year follow up...
