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...