Prevent Skin Cancer With Sunscreen Use Skin cancer occurs more often than all other types of cancer combined. There are three common types of skin cancer. The most common type, basal cell carcinoma, will be diagnosed in Americans 2-3 million times in 2013. The second is squamous Read More

D.C. Chefs Slim Down for Charity Fifteen of Washington, D.C.’s celebrity chefs and mixologists are facing off beginning Monday to see who can lose the most weight while raising funds for the American Cancer Society. The 12-week Fit for Hope challenge culminates at the ACS’ Read More

How to Have a Healthy Garden There’s something kind of magical about gardening. It burns calories without feeling like exercise, sates our desire to create and nurture something, and even the most die-hard vegetable haters can be charmed into eating a tomato or a pepper if they Read More

Preparing Home & Car for Emergencies Whether traveling or at home, there are things you can do before an emergency to ensure a swift response and a better possible outcome to your situation. Know when to call 911 Scott Buchle, program manager for Life Lion EMS at Penn State Read More

Hoop Dance in D.C. It’s okay. To answer your first question, I was never able to hula hoop as a kid, either. To answer your second one, it’s not the same thing. Hoop … dance? Hoop dance, often called hooping, has its modern origins in early 90s festivals. Jam band The Read More

Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk Actress Angelina Jolie announced in May that she had a double mastectomy after learning she had a genetic mutation that predisposes for breast cancer. In an op-ed feature titled “My Medical Choice” that she wrote for the New York Times, Read More