While the Ebola virus was previously in the news daily for months, that story has died down, and the situation…
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Quillaja: Coming to your beer, soda and shampoo
Two men with chain saws stand in the warm Chilean sun, cutting branches from trees. There are plenty of bees…
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Natural First Aid Remedies for the Skin
Our body’s largest organ is our skin, stretching from the tips of our toes to the top of our head.…
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Dragon fruit: A delicious health sensation
Not only does it look extraterrestrial, but it also has the name Pitaya, which is certainly strange. The thick, fleshy…
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The average human body holds many more times as many bacteria as the number of bodily cells. So it’s no…
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Pacific yew: A potent cancer fighting agent
When USDA botanist Arthur Barclay collected a sample of bark from the Pacific yew tree in Washington State in 1962,…
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Mistletoe, the ancient holiday healer
At holiday time, mistletoe emerges as a plant strategically placed so that those who walk under it must pause to…
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