by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
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by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 10, 2013 | Fitness
VO2max can be used to predict a person’s risk of premature death from a heart attack. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have developed a simple way to estimate a person’s VO2max, his maximal ability to take in and use oxygen (Med Sci...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 27, 2013 | Deaths of Famous People
This week former U.S Vice President Dick Cheney and his doctor came out with a new book in which they describe his five heart attacks and his heart transplant at age 71. They should tell you how the American public was kept from knowing just how sick he was. During...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 27, 2013 | Nutrition
Nuts are full of fat, but it appears that eating nuts does not increase risk for obesity or diabetes. Almost 1000 people who did not have diabetes or metabolic syndrome were followed for six years. Those who ate nuts at least twice a week were 32 percent less likely...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 6, 2013 | Deaths of Famous People
“He was probably the greatest surgeon who ever lived” (The Journal of the American Medical Association, 2005). Michael DeBakey personally performed more than 60,000 surgical procedures. He developed the surgical procedures to bypass blocked arteries in the neck, legs...
