Happy New Year

Three simple steps to a healthy new year

1. Add Vaccination to Your List of Resolutions – Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself and your loved ones from the flu. T...

The Story of a Bureaucratic Jungle

This letter is for all those who believe it is possible to break out of the cycle of poverty by getting a job and leaving the social program...

Important updates for Vaccine Administrators

Maine CDC/DHHS Update on 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus December 30, 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Supply and Prioritization We expect to have close to 700,0...

The Body Fat Setpoint

One pound of human fat contains about 3,500 calories. That represents roughly 40 slices of toast. So if you were to eat one extra slice of...

Enigma Variation

The melancholy gap between Christmas and New Year is helped along by the Market Harborough Book Fair. Shelves bending under the marshalled r...

Christmas Time

Wooly Christmas

A New Slant for Short Hair

(Click on the images to see the full-size versions.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, January 1943

Red&White

Dreamy Christmas

Rabbits on a High-Saturated Fat Diet Without Added Cholesterol

I just saw another study that supports my previous post Animal Models of Atherosclerosis: LDL . The hypothesis is that in the absence of ex...

Trained volunteers can help when emergencies arise

Picture an emergency response worker. Chances are you are thinking of someone official, like a police officer, paramedic or firefighter. But...

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

A.M. Casual for the Daytime, P.M. Sleek for Evening

(Click on the images to see the full-size versions.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, January 1943

Christmas Girl

Christmas Tree Decorations

Stopping By Woods

A minor road from Leicestershire into Rutland crosses the Eye Brook and climbs in a series of twists and turns to the top of Kings Hill. On ...

What's the Ideal Fasting Insulin Level?

[2013 update.  I'm leaving this post up for informational purposes, but I think it's difficult to determine the "ideal" in...

Pink Christmas

Orange Christmas

Where's That Then? No 5

Your Unmitigated Traveller struggled through blizzards of snow and ice to bring you this morning's puzzle location. I wanted to show you...

Drene's Costume Coiffure of the Month: Winged Victory

(Click on images for full-size versions.) Source: American Hairdresser, November 1942

Preparing For Christmas

New Year Sparkle!

(Take advantage of the high res scans by clicking on the images and seeing the full-size version. That way, you can even read the text.) Sou...

Christmas Tree Decorations

Waiting for Christmas

Winter in the Forest

Christmas is Coming Soon

Snowflakes

Sheltering in place is a snap with the right know-how

“Warning! Seek shelter!” If you heard this message right now, would you be ready? While emergencies such as fires or hurricanes may call for...

Why this Maine CDC staffer got a nasal spray vaccine

I am a healthy 30-year-old, and I’ve never had a flu shot in my life. (Although I’ve complained to almost anyone who will listen that I had ...

Merry Christmas To You

The Nutcracker

Important updates on vaccine prioritization and recall

Maine CDC/DHHS Update on 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus December 17, 2009 Highlights Four deaths due to H1N1 have been reported, bringing the tot...

Preparing For Christmas

Waiting For Christmas

"Easy Look"

(Click on images to view higher-res scans.) Source: Dell 1000 Hints - Your Hairdo, January 1958

Christmas in the Forest

Where's That Then? No 4

A trickier one, maybe, and no buses to help everyone along. Perhap's the clue to narrowing it down a bit may lie in the brewery initials...