Health

Cancer awareness is a widely advertised topic and though it’s known to change lives, sometimes prevention is not typically the first thing on a person’s mind.

The Defense Commissary Agency will unveil the Your Healthy Lifestyle Festival June 6 through July 6 at 236 installations worldwide.

The weather is getting warmer, and it is the season of outdoor sports. Twenty million children participate in various sport programs and another 80 million are involved in unsupervised recreational sports. Unfortunately, for those people playing in the game, there may not be enough time to react if they get caught in the line of fire during play. When participating in sporting events, the use of mouthguards is important in preventing injuries.

Capt. Tobin Rader logged more than 1 million steps as a participant in the Leaner LRMC Challenge. As the overall points winner, however, his walk to work is now only a mere 50 paces — the distance from the commander’s parking space to his office door.

Each day, nurses step forward embracing new technologies, resolving emerging issues and accepting ever-changing roles in their profession. They lead the way for their patients, colleagues and organizations as a whole. The theme for this year’s Nurses Week is “Nurses Leading the Way.”

In June 2008, Liz Boisvert was juggling the responsibilities of being a military spouse stationed far from home and the increased responsibilities of being a new mom.

Eating right and staying healthy may seem difficult at times, but the Ramstein Health and Wellness Center specialists are here to help members of the KMC. They now provide a healthy lifestyle class to teach people the information they need to get their body in tip top shape.