by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 28, 2021 | Fitness
Muscle cramps occur most often at night when you are sleeping, but they also can occur when you exercise vigorously, tear a muscle, or keep one leg in an awkward position, such as sitting in a chair in the same position for a long time. Muscle cramps are classified...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 21, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
James Levine was among America’s most acclaimed and successful orchestra conductors. He was the music director of the Metropolitan Opera, conducting 2,552 performances from 1976 to 2016, when he was felled by the ravages of Parkinson’s disease. He also directed the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 18, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released recommendations for fully vaccinated people who are two weeks past their second injection of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, or have had the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine (JAMA, March...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 15, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Marvin Hagler was the undisputed middleweight boxing champion of the world from 1980 to 1987, knocked out 78 percent of his opponents and was knocked down only one time during his entire professional career. In 1982, he changed his legal name to “Marvelous Marvin”...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 14, 2021 | Nutrition
Eating more fruits and vegetables, and restricting meat, egg yolks and non-fermented dairy products, can help to reduce your chances of suffering a heart attack (J Amer Coll of Cardiol, 2020;75(7):763–72) and certain cancers (BMC Genomics, June 11, 2016;16(Suppl...
