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....

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...

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'...

Turnabout.... It Leads a Double Life!

"What fun!" (Click on images to enlarge.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, April 1943

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...

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...

Brighten Up Your Make-up!

(Click on images to enlarge.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, April 1943

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...