Dental X-rays could increase the risk of thyroid cancer

Any X-ray ( ionizing radiation) carries with it a risk of cancer. X-ray exposure is cumulative and over all carries with it a real increase...

Your Skin (and Lemons!)

(Click on images for larger versions.) Source: Lemons for Loveliness, 1935 That last photo is just beautiful.

Avoid Many Drugs When Taking Tamoxifen

If you are being prescribed Tamoxifen it is very important to be aware - and make sure your provider is very aware - that combining it with ...

Wye Oh Wye

Youngest Boy and I found ourselves yesterday on the River Wye below Monmouth. Not strictly in England, although the eastern bank must have b...

More on Soy Risk and Your Health

For many years I have been active in educating people about the risks of soy.  This especially relates to the concerns I have had regarding ...

Lemons for Your Hands

(Image is a linker to the full-size image.) Source: Lemons for Loveliness, 1935

Links: Life Magazine

More gems from Life Magazine: http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/39902/girls-in-curls-a-hair-raising-look (Check out the beer can ro...

American Styles

(Click on the image to open up the larger version.) Source: American Hairdresser, September 1927

New Drug, New Risk

 Today it was announced that the FDA approved this new genetically engineered drug for osteoporosis.  AMGEN is certainly looking forward to ...