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Check out these vintage (almost unbelivable) tobacco ads |
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By Naseem S. Miller on
Monday, August 06, 2007
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One of the health-care providers at the Marion County Health Department sent me this link.
It's an online gallery, put together by Stanford School of Medicine, about the history of cigarette ads.
And here's an excerpt as to why they did it: "Our intention is to tell—principally through advertising images—the story of how, between the late 1920s and the early 1950s, tobacco companies used deceptive and often patently false claims in an effort to reassure the public of the safety of their products."
So click here for some amazing - and even funny - posters.
"A great collection of media images….not so great for the millions of people hooked/(decieved) by them," says Manette Cheshareck, Tobacco Prevention Specialist at the health d ...
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What you need to know about botulism |
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By Naseem S. Miller on
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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The government is expanding the list of products that are possibly contaminated with botulims toxin to dog food produced by Castleberry Food Company.
The products are sold under the Natural Balance Eatables dog food label.
Visit this site for a list of recalled products.
These are some key points about botulism:
- Cooking or high temperature will NOT get rid of botulinum, the toxin that causes botulism.
- Consumers who have any of the recalled products or any foods made with these products should throw them away immediately. Double bag the cans in plastic bags that are tightly closed, then place in a trash receptacle for non-recyclab ...
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He'll go to ER after the game |
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By Naseem S. Miller on
Friday, January 05, 2007
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 Apparently, men prefer to suffer from pain and injury rather than go to the emergency room when their favorite sports game is on television.
This is according to a new study, which found that "visits by men to the emergency department increases significantly in the hours following televised sporting events."
Researchers found that the number of men checking into the ER increased following all sporting events.
Almost 50 percent more went in the ER following professional football games.
Thirty to 40 percent more men sought care following a baseball game.
The study was released by the Ame ...
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