by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 29, 2014 | Deaths of Famous People
One of baseball’s best batters ever, Tony Gwynn, died of cancer of his salivary glands on June 16, 2014. The New York Times called Gwynn “the best pure hitter of his generation”. During 20 seasons for the San Diego Padres, he had an incredible .338...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 1, 2014 | Fitness
You can always continue to learn, no matter how old you are. I am 87 and Diana is 81. We like to ride a bike as fast as we can. I thought that I understood training, and we followed the rules we believed in, but our race times kept getting slower and slower. We know...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 1, 2014 | Other Diseases & Conditions
"When it comes to cancer, no amount of alcohol is safe." This is the conclusion of the 2014 World Cancer Report, issued by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer. Alcohol can cause cancers of the esophagus, breast,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 1, 2014 | Heart Health
If your doctor has told you that you have high blood pressure or that your cholesterol or triglycerides are too high, ask him or her for your numbers. If would like to find out whether you are one of the 80 percent of people who can control high blood pressure,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 31, 2014 | Other Diseases & Conditions
In 1901, Karl Landsteiner, a Viennese physician, discovered that humans had four different blood types (or blood groups) called A, B, AB and O. For the next 100 years, nobody knew why humans have these four different types. However, researchers in England recently dug...
