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Nurturing Your Health Does Not Have To Break The Bank: Here’s Why

You will have noticed that the foods deemed as “healthy” and “clean” are more expensive than others. For the most part, healthy foods do cost more than processed goods that are high in cheap ingredients like saturated fats and sugars. However, foods that are currently trending with health bloggers seem subject to steep increases in… Read More: Nurturing Your Health Does Not Have To Break The Bank:… »

How high is too high to drive? The challenges facing legal marijuana limits

How high is too high to drive? Weed was found in 40% of car victims in 2016 – but it is a LOT more complicated to test for than alcohol More people who died in DUI accidents in 2016 had marijuana in their systems than had alcohol  As marijuana legalization sweeps the nation, public health… Read More: How high is too high to drive? The challenges facing… »

8-year-old African child who was flown to the U.S. for surgery by NBA star Dikembe Mutombo has died

(Photo by Marcus Ingram/Getty Images for UNICEF) Former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo is mourning the death of the 8-year-old African boy that he flew to the United States earlier this month for surgery to remove a tumor. The child, Matadi Sela Petit of Kinshasa, Congo, died after suffering a “rare and unpredictable genetic reaction to… Read More: 8-year-old African child who was flown to the U.S. for… »