Get Ready website wins Web Health Award

Last week, APHA’s Get Ready campaign was delighted to learn that our website, www.aphagetready.org , won a Web Health Award. http://www.heal...

Food Reward Friday

This week's winner... the Starbuck's Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino ! Read more »

Leveson Credibility Zero

John Yates should have handed phone hacking investigation to other officer because of News of the World links, says Leveson Martin Hickman 2...

Weight loss surgery tied to increase in drinking

People who had weight loss surgery reported greater alcohol use two years after their procedures than in the weeks beforehand, in a new stu...

Christmas Is Coming

A few weeks ago I promised I'd tell you when the signed and numbered special edition of Preposterous Erections was available. Well, an ...

British Political Cartoons - Martin Rowson

 Unedited It's odd at times, the happenstance that inspires a touch of creativity, that creativity being a stranger to me of late it mus...

Food Reward Friday

This week's winner: poutine ! While not as appetizing looking as the Monster Thickburger, poutine is probably more popular.  For those w...

Unexpected Alphabet No 20

I've been reading Ian Nairn's incomparable Nairn's London recently, and mused over his phrase, used a couple of times, of place...

NEW CLASS OF DRUGS FOR OSTEOPOROSIS-CATHEPSIN K INHIBITORS

The investigational agent odanacatib appears to be an effective treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis that persists after 3 years of ale...

8 tips for a healthy liver

Your liver may not be functioning at its optimal level if you have constant fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, and yellowing of skin and whi...

Get Ready Mailbag: What kind of flu shots are there?

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...

Partnering to Create Healthy Futures

Maine's statewide Community Transformation Grant (CTG) is facilitating partnerships among state and local organizations to implement an ...

Get Smart About Antibiotics

What do sinusitis, most sore throats, bronchitis, runny noses and the regular cold have in common? They are upper respiratory tract infectio...

Food Reward Friday

This week's winner: the Taco Bell Doritos Locos Taco! Read more »

Influenza update 11/15/12

Maine CDC recently reported the first flu activity for the 2012-2013 season. For more information and clinical recommendations for this flu ...

Make sure your medicine works when you need it: Get smart about antibiotics!

Picture this: You’re coughing and sneezing. Not sure if you have a cold or the flu, you head to the bathroom and open the medicine cabinet. ...

Abbott hepatitis C drugs bring high cure rates in trial

 A trio of oral medicines from Abbott Laboratories Inc to treat hepatitis C produced unprecedented cure rates in patients who had failed to ...

7 strange health tips that work

Balance hormones with spearmint tea For ladies suffering from hormonal problems including acne or facial hair, research has found that spe...

3 Ways Oral Sedation Eliminates Dental Anxiety

Original article found here /p> The miracle that is sedation dentistry emerged upon the scene in the 1960s, with the first known d...

Divided States of America - Notes on the Decline of a Great Nation

Home truths, via Germany. Divided States of America Notes on the Decline of a Great Nation By SPIEGEL ONLINE Staff 11/05/2012 The United St...