25 Amazing Food Cures

1. BE MORE POSITIVE Dark Chocolate Research shows that dark chocolate can improve heart health, lower blood pressure, reduce LDL cholesterol...

World Rabies Day

Today Maine CDC recognizes the third annual World Rabies Day. US CDC and the Alliance for Rabies Control, a UK charity, established this ...

Health Reform Update

Health Reform and Public Health Health reform has many implications for public health. Learn more by viewing or using the Power Poin...

A Good, Clear Complexion

(Click on images to see full-size versions.) Source: Beaute'Craft, February 1925 Miss Norma Shearer, Mae Murray and Viola Dana credit di...

Time Capsule

To Leicester, and on a beautiful autumn Saturday afternoon we find ourselves in the incredible enclave of Belgrave. Once a small village by ...

Potatoes and Human Health, Part II

Glycoalkaloids in Commonly Eaten Potatoes Like many edible plants, potatoes contain substances designed to protect them from marauding crea...

Will you be my preparedness buddy? When two heads are better than one

For a lot of people, coming up with an emergency preparedness plan can be overwhelming. (What do I need? What should I prepare for? Where wo...

Hairline Precision

(These images are links to the full-size versions.) Source: American Hairdresser, May 1945

Flu update

Flu information for the general public US CDC recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older be vaccinated against the flu this y...