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Donuts and Bacon are Healthier than Farm Raised Tilapia

Farm grown ,tilapia (the common name for nearly a hundred different species of cichlid fishes from the tilapiine cichlid tribe) is one of the most widely eaten fish in America.  Tilapia, it turns out,  has very low levels of healthful omega-3 fatty acids and, even worse, it contains very high levels of unhealthy omega-6 fatty [...]

Kids Getting Cranked up on Asthma Inhalers? - U Mich Report

Most people don’t even know that it’s possible to “get high” with an asthma inhaler-It may not be , but that isn’t stopping a lot (25% of kids in this study) from trying anyway.
According to University of Michigan researchers, one fourth of teens who use an asthma inhaler state that they are trying to get [...]

Should Incense be Oulawed? Raises Cancer and Asthma Risks

In case you think that incense burning is harmless you may want to reconsider after you read the list of toxic stuff that comes from the burning tip of an incense stick:
Similar to second hand smoke, pollutants emitted from incense burning in a close area are clearly dangerous to your health. Particulate matters (PM), [...]