H1N1 fact sheet now available in 10 Asian, Pacific Islander languages

Today's guest blog entry is by Kathy Lim Ko, President and CEO for the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum . One of the ...

Unmitigated Essex

Just a quick one, as I'm off now to the Welsh Borders (well, the English side that is: Herefordshire and Shropshire) and will be out of ...

Copper in Food

Sources of Copper It isn't hard to get enough copper-- unless you eat an industrial diet. I've compiled a chart showing the copper ...

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...