Exercise is a Ball

If you love dancing you'll enjoy exhilarating exercises which can make you lovelier. For those of you with a new years resolution to los...

The holidays have come and gone, but flu is here to stay: National Influenza Vaccination Week is Jan. 10–16

2009 might be so last year, but H1N1 flu is still hangin’ around. Influenza is hard to predict and flu experts are warning that we should be...

Stopping By Woods 2

It's all black and white in Unmitigated England at the moment. Photographing out of doors usually means everything's reduced to tone...

Weekly update on H1N1 in Maine 1/7/10

Maine CDC/DHHS Update on 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus January 7, 2010 Flu Activity in Maine and the US Flu activity in Maine has decreased enou...

Dimensions of Beauty

How do your dimensions compare with Miss America's? (Click on the images to see more details.) Source: 1000 Hints Beauty #7, 1956

Inspirational ideas for real Living Rooms

Cool and calm living room Mix light tones of ivory, lemon and green with borders and accents of rich, dark chocolate for a smart edge. The n...

Where's That Then? No 6

I think I'll have to give you a clue for this one, as there's a distinct lack of identifying features. All I'll say is that this...

Gothic Sunday

I can't believe that I've waited all this time to go to Stowe in Buckinghamshire. But brilliant winter light and intense cold brough...

Pink Christmas

Blue Christmas

Lay a Good Foundation for Perfect Waves

(Images link to full-size versions.) Source: American Hairdresser, November 1942

White&Pink

Make a resolution you can keep: Resolve to be Ready in 2010

Father Time is in the neighborhood again, reminding us to yank those calendars from our walls and replace them with fresh scenes of puppies,...

Lawmakers provide flu funding

Congress gave public health a nice end-of-year bonus this December in the form of more funding to prevent and fight the flu. The new money m...

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!