July 20, 2018 | 7,570 Views

A whopping 90 percent of the world's supply is grown in fields across Iran and is mostly harvested by women who earn about $5 per day picking the fragile, sparse threads by hand. A prized herb for cooking and healing, it's often adulterated with cheaper look-alike ingredients. Find out the ideal conditions for growing it yourself.

July 20, 2018 | 644 Views

Skullcap is a perennial herbal plant that’s part of the mint family. Prized for centuries for its calming, anxiety-relieving properties, this easy-to-grow herb can be taken as a soothing tea, made into a muscle-relaxing massage oil or used as a tincture for even more powerful relief.

July 19, 2018 | 101,419 Views

Make no mistake about it - this is your No. 1 risk of death if you're under 50. And combined, they're like poison, increasing your risk of a deadly overdose fivefold within the first 90 days. Don't trust your doctor blindly, or you could end up as collateral damage.

July 19, 2018 | 24,613 Views

Declines in vision can be a sign of trouble in your brain, to the extent that maintaining good vision may help you stave off future cognitive decline. While vision problems and cognitive impairment are both all-too-common among elderly people, they're not inevitable.

July 19, 2018 | 59,096 Views

From medicinal to skin care advantages, atlas cedar is an essential oil that you can count on. Its fragrance also brings mind-calming benefits - perfect during stressful days. Discover the other ways you can use this herbal oil.

July 18, 2018 | 145,195 Views

It's far riskier and less ecofriendly than you're being told, worse than factory farmed meats. But that's not what you're being told. They even boast of its GE components (and call them safe). Plus it's more energy-intensive to produce. Here's what to embrace instead, for many reasons.

July 18, 2018 | 22,896 Views

Smoking cigarettes is now passé, it seems, which is a good thing. But e-cigarettes have become all the rage. One company has taken the concept to a new level with an experience that rivals the real thing — probably because it delivers around the same amount of nicotine as cigarettes. But why do experts call them scary?

July 18, 2018 | 13,045 Views

In an unprecedented political move, the beverage industry held the California legislature hostage to pass a bill banning soda taxes. Using additional strategies borrowed from Big Tobacco, they hope to stop soda taxes across the country.

July 17, 2018 | 113,783 Views

Be aware, 8 in 10 supermarket meats now contain fecal bacteria, and many contain antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Earlier testing found potentially harmful bacteria on 97 percent of samples tested of this widely popular meat, and half had at least one type of bacteria that was resistant to 3 or more antibiotics.

July 17, 2018 | 11,705 Views

Seeds treated with toxic neonicotinoid pesticides have become commonplace, even though they kill off beneficial insects that help control insect pests. The use of glyphosate and dicamba also continues to rise, while experts sound warnings that their continued use is threatening birds, amphibians and the environment as a whole.