The Big Sleep

This blog usually focuses on diet, because that's my specialty. But if you want Whole Health, you need the whole package: a diet and l...

Potatoes and Human Health, Part III

Potato-eating Cultures: the Quechua The potato is thought to have originated in what is now Peru, on the shores of lake Titicaca. Native ...

Whooping cough outbreak reminds us about importance of getting vaccinated, keeping up with boosters

In California this year, an outbreak of pertussis — also known as whooping cough — has led to the deaths of nine infants. More than 4,000 c...

Exotique

(Click on this image to see the full-size version.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, August 1938

Lace Wing

You know how it is. You have an hour to kill between Nottingham and Derby so you start wandering aimlessly about hoping that something will ...

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...