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It might smell like strawberry, but it’s still tobacco — Can hookah be healthy?

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When you walk through the touristy Pike-Pine corridor in downtown Seattle, it’s hard to miss the smoke shops that pervade the area. On the ground level window display of Smoke Plus, on the busy intersection of Pike and First Ave., there are boxes of cigars, glass pipes of various colors and sizes, and a lineup of grandiose hookah pipes with long coils shoved against each other. A sweet scent permeates the shop’s perimeter that leads down to the basement.

Filed Under: Feature stories, Health Tagged With: 2015, Columbia University, Double Apple, First Ave, Go Ask Alice Compared, International District, Iran, Laura Blinkhorn, Mayo Clinic, Middle Eastern, Mo Kairbash, Pete Holmes, Sameer Iqbal, Seattle City Attorney, Seattle Downtown Public Health Center, Smoke Plus, VSCO, WNPA2016

Ginseng in the U.S. rebounds

October 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Barry Adams Wisconsin State Journal WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Few crops compare to American ginseng. The beige root resembles a cross between a carrot and a turnip and above ground a combination potato and strawberry plant. The complexity, vulnerability and price of ginseng, however, are unmatched compared to most produce grown in Wisconsin soil. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Canada, China, Dave Schumacher, GBW, Ginseng Herb Cooperative, Hong Kong, Hsu Ginseng, Jeff Lewis, Marathon City, Marathon County, Mayo Clinic, Nick Sandquist, Panax Quinquefolius, Paul Hsu, Taiwan, Tom Hack, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6, WAUSAU, Wisconsin State Journal

10 ways to stay healthy at work

January 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Miezianko Northwest Asian Weekly Work, work, work… It’s obvious the hours spent at work can be physically and mentally demanding, but spending long periods of time in offices, shops, or kitchens can be unhealthy in less obvious ways — think of the adverse effects of prolonged sitting or standing and the hygiene traps […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2013, Angela Haupt, CDC, Disease Control, Leah Britt, Luis Feigenbaum, Marc Berman, Mayo Clinic, Miami, Mona Fahoum, ND, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Stay Healthy, Vivian Miezianko, Vol 32 No 3 | January 12 - January 18, attention

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