With R.I.C.E. out of favour, M.E.A.T. is the new acronym for the treatment of sports injuries. Rest, Ice, Compression and ...

Gabe Mirkin trains three to six hours a day as a bike racer in Florida. His stamina is impressive for any age, but at 77 the retired physician and former teaching fellow at Johns Hopkins ...

Forty-five years ago, in his book "Sports Medicine," world-renowned physician Dr. Gabe Mirkin introduced the term RICE. RICE, which stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation, subsequently ...

Gabe Mirkin, MD, introduced the acronym RICE in The Sportsmedicine Book, published in 1978, to help treat sports injuries. While this method gained wide acceptance among coaches, sports trainers ...

Dr. Gabe Mirkin, a retired sports medicine physician who in 1978 coined the term, said he no longer advises following that protocol because of evidence that, for some injuries, rest and ice delay ...

“The muscles on the left side of her face are not functioning properly,” says Florida-based Dr. Gabe Mirkin, who has not treated Dolly, but reviewed video of the 73-year-old blond bombshell.

Low-fat diets help to prevent heart attacks and certain types of cancers, but they certainly do not help to make you a better athlete. Studies in Sweden established the unquestioned ...