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Sodium: What’s in a Nutrition Label?

  I always knew that too much sodium, like too much of anything, was bad for you. Did that ever stop me from eating a week’s worth of ramen in one sitting? Not at all. Other than needing water afterwards, I never understood what sodium could do to my body - and it can do a lot. Salt specifically affects the circulatory system. If you remember anything from high school biology (other than...

Prescription Drug Use: TAKE-BACK Initiative

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic.  Opioids, including prescription opioid pain relievers and heroin, killed over 28,000 people in 2014, which is more than any year on record. The Higher Education TAKE-BACK Initiative is a branch program that is a part of the Think About It campaign, and is designed to reduce...