Weekly Update on H1N1 in Maine 9/17/09 Overview US CDC reported 1,380 hospitalizations and 196 deaths nationwide between August 30, and September 5, 2009. As of Sept. 6, the World... By apit nursing Friday, September 18, 2009 Comment
Lung diseases Lung disease is one of the top diseases in the United States today. Lung disease is on the rise worldwide. Factors such as air quality pl... By apit nursing September 18, 2009 Comment
Doorways Kissing Gates Lodges Stiles Stepping Out It's so often the little, unnoticed things. A very brief trip into the north of the Cotswolds yesterday brought me yet again to Stanway.... By apit nursing Thursday, September 17, 2009 Comment
diabetes diet disease fats low-carb Diabetics on a Low-carbohydrate Diet Diabetes is a disorder of glucose intolerance. What happens when a diabetic eats a low-carbohydrate diet? Here's a graph of blood gluc... By apit nursing Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Comment
How women's bodies have been transformed in the past 60 years... How women's bodies have been transformed in the past 60 years... This article from the Daily Mail which compares bodies from the 50'... By apit nursing Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Comment
Turnabout.... It Leads a Double Life! "What fun!" (Click on images to enlarge.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, April 1943 By apit nursing September 15, 2009 Comment
Derby Bentley Triumph Dolomite Find The Fault No 39 Good morning everybody. I think we'll have lot to talk about here, quite apart from the fact that there are actually two faults, one del... By apit nursing September 15, 2009 Comment
For the Skin He'll Love to Touch Never wash you face with hot water! use lukewarm water to start... and finish with cold. Cold water makes a velvet skin! (Click on image for... By apit nursing Monday, September 14, 2009 Comment
Brighten Up Your Make-up! (Click on images to enlarge.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, April 1943 By apit nursing Sunday, September 13, 2009 Comment
diabetes diet disease hyperphagia overweight paleolithic diet Paleolithic Diet Clinical Trials Part IV Dr. Staffan Lindeberg has published a new study using the "paleolithic diet" to treat type II diabetics ( free full text ). Type ... By apit nursing Saturday, September 12, 2009 Comment
H1N1 Infection Control in Health Care Settings We are increasingly receiving questions on the use of masks vs N95 respirators in health care settings. Below is a review of some major hea... By apit nursing September 12, 2009 Comment
Berkeley preventing flu in kids with fun handwashing program With flu season just around the corner — and H1N1 flu a growing concern — health officials in Berkeley, Calif., have found that teaching kid... By apit nursing Friday, September 11, 2009 Comment
99 Flakes Cornets Mivvis Soleros Tubs J2 Oh! I've always had a thing about Morris J-types. Probably because they were once so ubiquitous as Royal Mail vans, but I think it was also ... By apit nursing September 11, 2009 Comment
H1N1 Vaccine Study The New England Journal of Medicine late yesterday published reports showing that inactivated 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines appear to produce... By apit nursing September 11, 2009 Comment
Here's How to Give a Quick and Lasting Make-up (Click on images to enlarge.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, April 1943 By apit nursing Thursday, September 10, 2009 Comment
Beauty Shops are in the Army, Too! (Click on images for full-size versions.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, April 1943 By apit nursing September 10, 2009 Comment
Weekly Update on H1N1 in Maine 9/10/09 Maine CDC/DHHS Update on Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus September 10, 2009 Weekly H1N1 updates from Maine CDC will now be issued Thursday mo... By apit nursing September 10, 2009 Comment
Heart failure: Heart pumps help keep the beat If you have heart failure, a heart pump may improve your quality of life. When you have heart failure, your heart can't pump enough bloo... By apit nursing Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Comment
Tinned Milk Creature Feature No 6 We haven't had a Creature Feature for some time, and then I remembered this sign, recently discovered near Cold Newton in Leicestershire... By apit nursing September 09, 2009 Comment
Clouds Planes Windsocks Find The Fault No 38 Pretty straightforward this morning I think. I like the 'plane and its cream and red livery, the Art Deco control tower and the row of h... By apit nursing Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Comment
The Make-Up of the Stars (Click on image for a larger version.) Source: How to Find Your Man by Joe Bonomo, 1954 By apit nursing Monday, September 7, 2009 Comment
Captain Flint Caroline Flint In Like Flint Flinty Acres Flint occurs where there's chalk. And nowhere was it used to greater effect than in Norfolk, where the absence of other building stone o... By apit nursing September 07, 2009 Comment
Rhyme and Reason (Click on images to enlarge.) Source: American Hairdresser, June 1946 By apit nursing Saturday, September 5, 2009 Comment
Definition of Health Care Personnel for H1N1 Vaccine Purposes One question we are getting quite often is, "what is the definition of health care personnel for the purposes of identifying those who ... By apit nursing September 05, 2009 Comment
A terrific Hip Hop video on flu! Oh, Yes: It's Time For A Swine Flu Rap Shared via AddThis By apit nursing September 05, 2009 Comment
Pituitary Adenoma What Is It? A pituitary adenoma is a benign tumor of the anterior pituitary gland. It is the most common pituitary tumor of the gland itse... By apit nursing Friday, September 4, 2009 Comment
Celebrate Get Ready Day on Sept. 15 and spread the preparedness message Help your communities become more prepared for pandemic flu, disasters and other public health threats by taking part in this year’s Get Rea... By apit nursing September 04, 2009 Comment