by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 13, 2022 | Fitness
• A study of 1535 cancer survivors over 40 years old, followed for 4.5 years, found that those who did not exercise and those who sat for more than eight hour per day were at the highest risk for death from cancer (JAMA Oncol, published online January 6, 2022). • A...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 7, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Together with his wife, Virginia Man-Yee Lee, researcher John Trojanowski wrote more than 500 scientific papers that made him one of the world’s leading authorities on abnormally-folded proteins that damage the brain: • tau proteins in Alzheimer disease •...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 5, 2022 | Fitness
Many of the world’s great sprinters have flat feet. In the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Bob Hayes tied the world record when he won the 100 meter dash, and five days later, he ran the anchor leg in the finals of the Olympic 400 meter relay. He took the baton with the US team...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 5, 2022 | Diabetes
A study of 9189 adults between 30 and 75 years of age who were free of cardiovascular disease found that those who had abdominal obesity (storing a large amount of fat in the liver) were at increased risk for dementia, strokes, and heart attacks (JAMA Netw Open, Feb...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 3, 2022 | Nutrition
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force does not recommend the routine use of vitamin or mineral pills to prevent chronic diseases (USPSTF Bulletin, May 4, 2021). Heart disease is the leading causes of death in the U.S. today, but taking vitamin pills has not been...
