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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

H1N1 Vaccine Study

The New England Journal of Medicine late yesterday published reports showing that inactivated 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines appear to produce...

Here's How to Give a Quick and Lasting Make-up

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Beauty Shops are in the Army, Too!

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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...

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...