The Shining

I think that the first time I heard of the kiwi, or indeed saw its picture, was on the eponymous boot polish tin. Although not English in or...

Follow Natural Lines

(Click on images to enlarge.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, April 1942

One-stop shopping for flu shot this fall: Seasonal flu vaccine formula to include H1N1 flu strain

Good news for people who grew tired of trying to track down both H1N1 and seasonal flu shots last year: Federal and global health officials ...

Storms a timely reminder: Check your emergency stockpile with March 14 clock change

If you had to stay in your home for six days without going out for food, toilet paper or other supplies, how would you fare? For residents i...

Corn Oil and Cancer?

The benefits of corn oil keep rolling in. In a new study by Stephen Freedland's group at Duke, feeding mice a diet rich in butter and l...

Public Health Update 2/25/10

Maine CDC/DHHS Public Health Update February 25, 2010 Travel-related Disease Conditions Maine CDC has investigated multiple cases of travel-...

Where's That Then No 13

A few years ago I turned up here early on a hot summer's evening. Folk were cooking suppers on boats, and the strains of the Archer'...

Magnesium and Insulin Sensitivity

From a paper based on US NHANES nutrition and health survey data ( 1 ): During 1999–2000, the diet of a large proportion of the U.S. popula...

Lindeberg on Obesity

I'm currently reading Dr. Staffan Lindeberg's magnum opus Food and Western Disease , recently published in English for the first tim...