by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 10, 2023 | Diabetes
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator who has Academy and Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and the Screen Actors Guild...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 4, 2023 | Fitness
It is established that a regular exercise program is associated with reduced incidence of heart attacks and some types of cancers. Several recent studies show that you don’t have to have a formal exercise program to gain these benefits. Just being active is also...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 4, 2023 | Diabetes
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a standard method for assessing body weight. BMI is calculated by dividing a person’s weight by the square of his height. A study from Israel found that one third of more than 3000 normal-weight and normal-BMI individuals were still at...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 31, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Sinead O’Connor was a very successful and popular Irish singer and musician who in 1987, at age 21, released her debut album, “The Lion and the Cobra,” that made her famous internationally. Her second album, released in 1990, “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 28, 2023 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Ten thousad people attended the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Amsterdam on July 19, 2023, which featured more than 3,000 scientific presentations. Much of this conference dealt with amyloid plaques and the drugs associated with them....
