by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 3, 2021 | Fitness
Medical researchers agree that exercising from the early years into old age helps to prevent heart attacks, strokes and cancers, but this month a study from The University of Manchester showed that long-term intense training for racing in animals can damage the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Babe Ruth was arguably the greatest baseball player who ever lived. When he retired from baseball in 1935, he held the record for most home runs (714), had a batting average of .342, batted in 2,213 runs, had a slugging percentage of 690, got on base 47.4 percent of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 26, 2021 | Fitness
At age 86, I can look back at more than 75 years of daily exercising and can tell you that there is a huge difference between the way that your body responds to exercise when you are young and when you are old. The key to healthy exercising for younger people is to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 25, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The first-line treatment for chronic constipation is to eat lots of foods that are full of fiber such as fruits and vegetables, to severely restrict processed foods, particularly those made from refined carbohydrates (bakery products, pastas and many dry breakfast...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 14, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The American Heart Association has published a scientific statement on “Harnessing Healthy Behaviors to Prevent Dementia” (Stroke, Mar 15, 2021:52(6A);52:e295-e308). They report that dementia is associated with the following modifiable risk factors:...
