by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 29, 2025 | Fitness
Northwestern University researchers have developed a breakthrough algorithm that finally makes fitness trackers accurate for people with obesity, achieving over 95% accuracy in measuring calories burned during physical activities. This discovery addresses a critical...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 21, 2025 | Heart Health
Regular sauna bathing reduces the risk of sudden cardiac death by 63 percent and fatal heart attacks by 48 percent (JAMA Intern Med, 2015;175(4):542-548). Men who used saunas four to seven times per week showed the greatest protection compared to those using saunas...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 18, 2024 | Health, Heart Health
One of every two North American adults has high blood pressure, and only 40 percent of those taking medications have their hypertension well-controlled (Int J Cardiol Hypertens, July 31, 2020;6:100044) . It is established that high blood pressure markedly increases a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 18, 2024 | Fitness
Having a job that requires prolonged sitting is likely to be associated with increased heart attack and premature death risks unless you also exercise. A study involving 481,688 people followed for an average 12 years found that those who had jobs that required...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 8, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Shannen Doherty was a television and film actress whose roles included Jenny Wilder in Little House on the Prairie (1982), Maggie Malene in Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985); Kris Witherspoon in Our House (1986–1988), Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990, 2008...
