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Does Asthma Only Develop in Young People?
Q. I'm 50 years old, and lately I've been wheezing when I play tennis. Can I get asthma at my age?
A. You can get...
Coffee Roasted With the Power of the Sun
Solar Roast Coffee is truly unique among coffee roasters. Started in 2004 by brothers Michael and David Hartkop of Oregon, Solar Roast is a...
Ease Your Hangover and Kickstart Antioxidants with Cactus Juice
Perhaps it's those forbidding spiny barbs, but cactus, a centuries-old staple in Latin cuisine and available in the produce section of many supermarkets, has...
Cleanse Body Toxins with Green, Rhubarb and Rose Hip Teas
Drinking tea has been promoted for thousands of years as a way to improve overall health and to address specific health conditions. Long before...
Be Your Own Health Advocate, Your Life Depends On It
You are sick. You go to the doctor. You may get a diagnosis, but something just doesn’t feel right to you. Maybe he or...
Can’t Sleep at Night? 7 Long-term Effects of Not Sleeping Enough
When you wake up in the morning, are you refreshed and ready to go, or groggy and grumpy? For many people, the second scenario...
GMOs – Who, What, Where, Why?
California is on the leading edge of the food fight once again. With their historic Proposition 37, the state is putting the presence of...
The Obesity Epidemic: Could Antibiotics Be at the Root of the...
While researchers are still gaining an understanding of how gut health affects our overall health, one thing has become clear – interfering with natural...
3 Protein-Packed Seeds You Should be Eating
Health nuts are getting serious about seeds. The blogosphere is going crazy for chia seeds (yes, like the "pets") and hemp seed sales grew...
“Healthy” Labels Not Always True: FDA Comes Down on Hershey
Hershey Foods was recently slammed by the Food and Drug Administration for placing words on their food labels that were misleading. Although Hershey jumped...
