PhRMA GREED leads to statins for children

Statins for children 10 to 17 have been FDA approved since 2002.  Now Pfizer seeks EU authorization.  READ IT HERE FIRST: THE IMPORTANT ISSU...

Paper Curls

(Click on image to enlarge.) Source: Beaute'Craft, February 1925 These ads remind me of the Wet Mae Murray hairstyle from the Revamp we...

Clouded Visions

To make up for my dilatory ways, I give you two landscapes. The top one is of a range of low hills to the west of the road between Ashley (n...

Where On Earth Is That Then?

Many apologies for the non-appearance of Where's That Then?. Much is going-on in Unmitigated England just at present, and I awoke with ...

Please explain this to Cargill

6 September: As you can see, Monsanto keeps eyeing markets for its genetically modifed soybeans. In a joint venture with Solae, Monsanto wi...

We need to rescue our food system from corporate control

I have one very well worn, tattered, and browning copy of Diet for a Small Planet whose recipes I used over and over again from the day I fi...

Drug Web Sites May Not Be That Helpful

I have to admit that am opposed to drug ads on TV and elsewhere, such as the proliferation of ads that have been sponsoring Prevention magaz...

Discover the Natural Part

(Click on image for larger version.) Source: American Hairdresser, April 1937 I fight my natural middle part.

Tropical Plant Fats: Palm Oil

A Fatal Case of Nutritionism The concept of 'nutritionism' was developed by Dr. Gyorgy Scrinis and popularized by the food writer Mi...