The Mini Cheddars Pub Landlord Test

Haven't had a rant for a long time. So here's one. We have a pub in our vicinity that changes landlord about as often as the barrel...

Little Boy's First Haircut

(Images are links to full-size versions.) Source: The Journeyman Barber, August 1940

More on Herbs for Health: cancer, malaria

UW scientists report success in herb enhanced to fight cancer   Drug now used against malaria Last updated October 13, 2008   By TOM PAULS...

China Study Problems of Interpretation

The China study was an observational study that collected a massive amount of information about diet and health in 65 different rural region...

STOP BIG WIND

New Cancer Blog, Get Hope

Alternative Medicine and Cancer: Why Don't Oncologists Get On Board? "Doctor, do you believe in alternative medicine to treat cance...

Health Insurance: Update on Current Issues

If you believe this is just a fluke with or without health insurance reform, be prepared for more. Blue Shield of California is accused of o...

The Lovaza Shuffle

Here's the story picked up after months by Nutrition Business Journal Lovaza: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? July 7, 2010 Nutrition Bus...

The Toxic Spill - Another Coverup

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Corn and Dead Zones in the Gulf

While you get a lot or reporting on the BP spill, how about lack of coverage on the impact of the corn based ethanol dead zone in the gulf? ...

Antioxidants aid arterial health

Who needs Liptor when antioxidant vitamins and minerals, good nutrition, and other health promoting activities like exercise keep your innar...

PhRMA GREED leads to statins for children

Statins for children 10 to 17 have been FDA approved since 2002.  Now Pfizer seeks EU authorization.  READ IT HERE FIRST: THE IMPORTANT ISSU...

Paper Curls

(Click on image to enlarge.) Source: Beaute'Craft, February 1925 These ads remind me of the Wet Mae Murray hairstyle from the Revamp we...

Clouded Visions

To make up for my dilatory ways, I give you two landscapes. The top one is of a range of low hills to the west of the road between Ashley (n...

Where On Earth Is That Then?

Many apologies for the non-appearance of Where's That Then?. Much is going-on in Unmitigated England just at present, and I awoke with ...

Please explain this to Cargill

6 September: As you can see, Monsanto keeps eyeing markets for its genetically modifed soybeans. In a joint venture with Solae, Monsanto wi...

We need to rescue our food system from corporate control

I have one very well worn, tattered, and browning copy of Diet for a Small Planet whose recipes I used over and over again from the day I fi...

Drug Web Sites May Not Be That Helpful

I have to admit that am opposed to drug ads on TV and elsewhere, such as the proliferation of ads that have been sponsoring Prevention magaz...

Discover the Natural Part

(Click on image for larger version.) Source: American Hairdresser, April 1937 I fight my natural middle part.

Tropical Plant Fats: Palm Oil

A Fatal Case of Nutritionism The concept of 'nutritionism' was developed by Dr. Gyorgy Scrinis and popularized by the food writer Mi...

Thyroid and Heart Connection: Known for Decades

UPDATE 3 July, 2010 Larry Frieders, the compounder , THYROID MADNESS DEFINITION : 1.Treating hypothyroid patients solely with T4-only meds (...

Let Planned Hairstyling Guide Your Coiffure Designing

(Click on images for a better view.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, July 1946

Fructose Linked to High Blood Pressure

Watch not only products with HFCS, but any with sugar, as it can be GMO beet sugar, or any with aspartame, sucralose, rebiana, zevia, truvia...

Health Updates

State Health Plan The new state health plan has been released, outlining strategies for making Maine the healthiest state with the most eff...

Shoo fly: Mosquito, don’t bother me!

Summer is here. While visiting the beach and tantalizing your taste buds at backyard barbeques, don’t forget about the little insects that ...