“Almost everybody knows somebody who has had skin cancer,” says Vishal Anil Patel, director of the cutaneous oncology program at the George Washington University Cancer Center. Though most of those cancers aren’t dangerous, some can be deadly. Here’s what to know...and how to protect yourself.
We all need vitamins and minerals. But it’s hard to remember which are good for what, which we’re more likely—or extremely unlikely—to run short of, and how much is too much. That’s good to know, when a multi-billion dollar industry keeps trying to sell us more (and ever-pricier) supplements.
Roughly 40 percent of cancers are preventable, say experts. That means avoiding tobacco and limiting excess weight, alcohol, inactivity, and an unhealthy diet. Vaccines and screening also matter. Here’s what to know.
