National Immunization Awareness Month: The value of vaccination

August is National Immunization Awareness Month , which means it’s the perfect time to make sure you and your family are up to date on vacci...

Where's That Now Then

This is my very recent shot of the Cley-next-the-Sea windmill featured in last Tuesday's quiz. I managed to get down into someone's ...

Saturated Fat Consumption Still isn't Associated with Heart Attack Risk

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition just published the results of a major Japanese study on saturated fat intake and cardiovascular d...

Be Exact in Building Pin Curls

(Click on images to enlarge.) Source: American Hairdresser, May 1945

Summer Seasonal Influenza Outbreaks Across Country

Across the country there have been some recent outbreaks of influenza, not the H1N1 pandemic type but a seasonal (H3N2) variety. We've n...

Smart for Summer

(Click on images to enlarge.) Source: American Hairdresser, May 1945 I love the smooth rolls. So pretty...

Where's That Then? No 34

Deceptively simple. Probably. All I'll say is that although this view today still has the mill, a river and boats (and very little else)...

Dirtiest Find in the Hospital: Cell Phones

Several years ago I raised the issue of a problem related to infection control directly related to the cell phone use of doctor's in hos...

For a Busy Little Miss

Can you imagine giving your kid a perm? (Click on these cool images to enlarge.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, January 1943