Follow Natural Lines (Click on images to enlarge.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, April 1942 By apit nursing Friday, February 26, 2010 Comment
One-stop shopping for flu shot this fall: Seasonal flu vaccine formula to include H1N1 flu strain Good news for people who grew tired of trying to track down both H1N1 and seasonal flu shots last year: Federal and global health officials ... By apit nursing February 26, 2010 Comment
Storms a timely reminder: Check your emergency stockpile with March 14 clock change If you had to stay in your home for six days without going out for food, toilet paper or other supplies, how would you fare? For residents i... By apit nursing February 26, 2010 Comment
cancer diet disease fats Corn Oil and Cancer? The benefits of corn oil keep rolling in. In a new study by Stephen Freedland's group at Duke, feeding mice a diet rich in butter and l... By apit nursing Thursday, February 25, 2010 Comment
immunization influenza RSV Public Health Update 2/25/10 Maine CDC/DHHS Public Health Update February 25, 2010 Travel-related Disease Conditions Maine CDC has investigated multiple cases of travel-... By apit nursing February 25, 2010 Comment
Booms Fenders Halyards Jibs Painters Tacking Tenders Where's That Then No 13 A few years ago I turned up here early on a hot summer's evening. Folk were cooking suppers on boats, and the strains of the Archer'... By apit nursing Monday, February 22, 2010 Comment
cardiovascular disease diabetes diet minerals phytic acid Magnesium and Insulin Sensitivity From a paper based on US NHANES nutrition and health survey data ( 1 ): During 1999–2000, the diet of a large proportion of the U.S. popula... By apit nursing February 22, 2010 Comment
diet disease diseases of civilization native diet paleolithic diet Lindeberg on Obesity I'm currently reading Dr. Staffan Lindeberg's magnum opus Food and Western Disease , recently published in English for the first tim... By apit nursing February 22, 2010 Comment
Moleskin Trousers Pick Axes Spades More Room At The Inn As an addendum to the last post, I give you The Wheel & Compass public house at Weston by Welland. Not just because they serve an excell... By apit nursing February 22, 2010 Comment
Ruff 'n Fluff... a Practical Cut for the Feather Bob (Click on the images to view them in all their full-size glory!) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, June 1942 By apit nursing Sunday, February 21, 2010 Comment
Oil Lanterns Oily Rags Red Warning Discs Timetables Railway Echo No 13 It looks plain and ordinary, a house out in the countryside, probably built in the 1970s. Until one looks more closely at the right hand sid... By apit nursing February 21, 2010 Comment
Get Ready Mailbag: If I am over 65, should I get the H1N1 flu vaccine? Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Have a ques... By apit nursing Friday, February 19, 2010 Comment
The British Heritage The Countryside And How To Enjoy It Where's That Then? No 12 The English Counties Illustrated is an Odhams book. Once so ubiquitous, these were cheaply produced volumes and usually printed in their hu... By apit nursing Monday, February 15, 2010 Comment
Beef Claret Gravy Lamb Partridge Pheasant Pork Venison Sunday Times Please forgive two postings on one day; but I am aware that I've been a bit dilatory in bringing you scenes from Unmitigated England rec... By apit nursing Sunday, February 14, 2010 Comment
Dairies Hay Barns Pig Sties Stables Stackyards Stockyards Tack Rooms Eyecatching Model Sharp-eyed viewers will probably recognise these buildings from a painting in Unmitigated England . They are without doubt my favourite mode... By apit nursing February 14, 2010 Comment
It’s not too late to protect your children and family from H1N1 flu Just before last Halloween, 7-year-old Trevor Lin of Clifton Park, N.Y., began showing symptoms of a mild cough, according to his father, He... By apit nursing Friday, February 12, 2010 Comment
immunization influenza rabies Public Health Update 2/12/10 Maine CDC/DHHS Public Health Update February 12, 2010 Influenza Activity in Maine and the US H1N1 activity continues in Maine as well as acr... By apit nursing February 12, 2010 Comment
Now... More Waves! (Cover Girls) (Click on images for the full-size versions.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, January 1943 By apit nursing Thursday, February 11, 2010 Comment
immunization influenza Flu Vaccine Available at Basketball State Championships Flu clinics will be held at the Maine Principal’s Association high school basketball tournament in Augusta. Clinics will be held February 16... By apit nursing February 11, 2010 Comment
Atcos Hayters Qualcasts Ransomes That's Enough Lawnmower Brands Ed Carrot Artery My neighbour on the adjoining estate has asked me to plug his new venture at the Goldmark Gallery in the market town of Uppingham. Unmitiga... By apit nursing Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Comment
diabetes diet fats minerals Saturated Fat and Insulin Sensitivity Insulin sensitivity is a measure of the tissue response to insulin. Typically, it refers to insulin's ability to cause tissues to absor... By apit nursing Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Comment
Cottages Hills Inns Lakes Skies Winsor and Newton Where's That Then? No 11 The 1900s saw a plethora of partwork magazines that could be collected and then sent away to get bound into one, or many, volumes. Nothing c... By apit nursing Monday, February 8, 2010 Comment
Thank You I'd like to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who has supported me through donations this year. The money has allowed me to buy mate... By apit nursing Sunday, February 7, 2010 Comment
Key to a Bright New Complexion (Click for larger images.) Source: 1000 Hints Beauty #7, 1956 By apit nursing February 07, 2010 Comment
Harveys Sussex Bitter Olives Partridges Pheasants Pork Pies Thorough Borough A walk through Borough Market is always a particular pleasure, whether the stalls are crowded with produce or not. First there's Southwa... By apit nursing February 07, 2010 Comment
Students: Apply now for APHA’s Get Ready Scholarship APHA is pleased to announce its second annual Get Ready Scholarship . The scholarship is part of APHA’s Get Ready campaign which helps Ameri... By apit nursing February 04, 2010 Comment
immunization influenza Maine Public Health Update 2/4/10 Maine CDC/DHHS Public Health Update February 4, 2010 Dr. Stephen Sears is our new State Epidemiologist We at Maine CDC are extremely pleased... By apit nursing February 04, 2010 Comment
Quick admin notes You may have noticed that I switched to screened comments. I finally got annoyed with the spam and unrelated blog links. I try to approve co... By apit nursing February 03, 2010 Comment
How to Form Cheek Curls and How to Do a Brush-Out (Click on image to enlarge.) Source: 55 Hair Styles (Dell Purse Book), 1972 By apit nursing February 03, 2010 Comment
Figures Standing Motionless In The Distance Ghosts Lonely Cries of Seabirds Where's That Then? No 10 So sorry for the delay this morning. School run, blah blah. Much to say about this place, but anything said would immediately give it away. ... By apit nursing Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Comment