Have you heard? 11%. That’s the new rate of smoking in the US, according to new survey data from the National Center for Health Statistics. While the preliminary report also acknowledged the increase in e-cigarette use (up to 5.8%), this reduction in smoking is worth celebrating. In 1983, when the American Institute for Preventive Medicine (AIPM) was founded […]

I recently found myself in a relatively uneventful meeting. That was until the end, when a partner on the other end mentioned that this weekend she planned to play pickleball. That’s when I lit up. The mutual excitement was palpable. We spent the next 10 minutes talking about pickleball: how much fun it is, how […]