Where's That Then? No 20

I thought I'd try something different for this week's puzzle picture. Instead of rummaging through dusty books for old photographs, ...

Two Brief Cases

(Click on the images to see the full-size versions.) Source: American Hairdresser, June 1946

Full-fat Dairy for Cardiovascular Health??

[2013 update: a few colleagues and I have published a comprehensive review paper on the association between full-fat dairy consumption and o...

A prepared community is a healthier community: Small ways to have a big impact

During the past few days, thousands of people throughout the country have been celebrating National Public Health Week and its theme of “A H...

Duck, cover and hold: Advice for earthquake preparedness

Earthquakes are unpredictable and often common in many regions — even in the United States. Just this week, a quake occurred in Mexicali, M...

“Eat Local, Eat Organic”

Image via foleyfeatures . A remarkable policy resolution came out last week during the American Medical Association’s (AMA) annual meting...

Ask Doctor Healthy: Why don’t my Generic pills look like the Brand-Name?

The Prescription Access Litigation blog’s resident Advice Columnist, Ask Pharmie, has been on hiatus for a while — but now he’s back! Ask Ph...

Unexpected Alphabets No 12

Yesterday was a good day to be on the North Norfolk coast, what with summer-like weather and the first signs of the greening-up of the lands...

Flu Update 4/8/10

What’s New with Flu? Flu Activity. Virtually all detected influenza activity seen across the country is with the pandemic strain of H1N1. M...

Health Reform

President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law on March 23. Last week, he spoke about health reform when he...

Missing Walter

Between the village of Clare and the town of Sudbury in Suffolk runs one of our many River Stours. Meandering in its shallow valley it also ...

Copper and Cardiovascular Disease

In 1942, Dr. H. W. Bennetts dissected 21 cattle known to have died of "falling disease". This was the name given to the sudden, ...

Topknots

(Click on image to enlarge.) Source: 55 Hair Styles (Dell Purse Book), 1972

Where's That Then? No 19

An ordinary English town that enjoys an international reputation. I wonder if that lingerie shop is still there?

Magnesium and Vitamin D Metabolism

Ted Hutchinson posted a link in the comments section of my last post, pointing to a page on the Vitamin D Council's website where Dr. ...

Easter in Somerset

Not a very Easter Sunday kind of picture, but at least there's some daffodils in it. A little piece of 'pleasing decay' found at...

Are These Your Trouble Spots?

(Click for larger images.) Source: 1000 Hints Beauty #7, 1956

Low Vitamin D: Cause or Result of Disease?

Don Matesz at Primal Wisdom put up a post a few days ago that I think is worth reading. It follows an e-mail discussion between us concern...

Universal Childhood Immunization Program

LD 1408, An Act to Establish the Universal Childhood Immunization Program, has passed both chambers of the state Legislature and been signed...

Hints for helping wildlife during a disaster

When disaster strikes, we humans can usually seek shelter in the comfort of our own homes or drive to a safer place. But for the countless w...

April is Autism Awareness Month

US HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued this statement on National Autism Awareness month. This video shows the signs of autism. US CDC’...

April is STD Awareness Month

April is STD Awareness Month. Maine CDC’s STD program conducts disease surveillance for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. Disease intervent...

Where's That Then? No 18

Now this location really does still look like this. Could be anywhere, you might think, so I'll give you a big clue. I first discovered ...

On the Alert

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

Creature Feature No 8

Oh what a joyful sign! Morph the word 'vicarage' into 'Animal' and we've got a superb cover for Orwell's farmyard cl...

Your water supply: Do you have enough stored in case of an emergency?

After an emergency such as tornado, flood or earthquake, the water that comes out of your tap might not be safe to drink — if it’s running a...

Maine CDC/DHHS Public Health Update 03/26/10

MAINE H1N1 FEEDBACK SURVEY Maine CDC is conducting numerous in-person debriefings across the state with stakeholders on our H1N1 efforts. In...

Interesting Articles in the AJCN

I just received an RSS alert for the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition's latest articles. This upcoming issue is full of very inte...

High Protein Diet - Top High Protein Low Carbohydrate Foods For Lean Muscles

By Barbara Knight Protein is most essential of all the nutrients which help a person in building lean muscles. Without protein, the muscle ...

Dr Oz's High Fiber Diet - Top 3 Low Fat High Fiber Weight Loss Diets by Dr Oz

By Barbara Knight Dr. Oz is a well known heart surgeon and suggests that a low fat diet is very good for heart as it has low cholesterol. T...