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A Milk Bar birthday cake decorated with a heart on top and 3.14 inside the heart. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

That’s Amore

Couples Tie the Knot at &pizza on Pi Day Several couples exchanged vows at &pizza locations in D.C., Boston, Philadelphia and New York city last Thursday on Pi Day — 3.14.   Since the ceremonies began on Mar. 14, 2016, 48 couples have tied the knot at &pizza,
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A closeup of a medical technicial at a monitor watching results of a far away woman getting a mammogram. (Photo: UIG via Getty Images)

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Myths and Facts About Breast Cancer October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The National Cancer Institute estimates 266,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 — that’s one in eight women. More than 40,000 will die from the disease this year. The earlier breast
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Mole Mapper

Melanoma? There’s an iPhone App for That A Bethesda man has developed a new iPhone application that enables users to measure and track their moles by comparing their potential trouble spots over time. Dan E. Webster, a research fellow and cancer biologist at the National
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