Category: prevention
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The Rising Risk: Alcohol Tolerance and Health Advice Changes
What happens when you take poison? You die. There is certainly an element of truth to Westley, the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride, building up tolerance against iocaine powder in order to get Vizzini out of the way. That happens every day. What’s the number one ingested toxin in the US? You got…
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Finding Lagom: A Guide to Healthier Choices for Youth
I recently became acquainted with the concept of “lagom,” which, best as I know, is a Swedish word that translates to “just the right amount,” or “not too much, not too little.” You know when, usually at the beginning of the year, we’re supposed to identify our word…as in the word that is going to…