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No Lump, still cancer: Inflammatory Breast Cancer is a rare and aggressive threat
Read full article: No Lump, still cancer: Inflammatory Breast Cancer is a rare and aggressive threatOctober is widely known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but, many don't know about the rare and aggressive Inflammatory Breast Cancer or IBC. We're zeroing in on the statistics and hearing from survivors who beat the odds.
Celebrate Día de Los Muertos with music, art, and ofrendas at Discovery Green
Read full article: Celebrate Día de Los Muertos with music, art, and ofrendas at Discovery GreenMark your calendars for Nov. 1 as Discovery Green transforms into a vibrant celebration of life, culture, and remembrance with its Día de Los Muertos festival.
Frisky Fido: Why dogs in Houston love to run in the fall weather
Read full article: Frisky Fido: Why dogs in Houston love to run in the fall weatherIt turns out when it comes to cooler temperatures - you're not the only one who enjoys the weather. Dogs do too! But there are some safety tips you need to know about this fall season.
How cool will it get in Houston as we step into October?
Read full article: How cool will it get in Houston as we step into October?October is finally here! Get the 12-foot skeleton ready, head to a pumpkin patch and hope for cooler weather! Most of September we saw iced-coffee weather, but this month we should see at least a few warm pumpkin spiced latte mornings. Here’s what we can typically expect to see the month of October.
MECA Houston celebrates Día de los Muertos with annual festival
Read full article: MECA Houston celebrates Día de los Muertos with annual festivalHOUSTON – This weekend people are celebrating Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. Each year the MECA Houston organization hosts a colorful festival featuring several vendors and entertainment. “They tend to forget where the families are coming from, where our roots are, and so that is my favorite reason for celebrating this festival with MECA Houston,” he said. Saturday’s unique festival featured several performers wearing colorful costumes with long feathers and different designs. “My rattle here has something that looks like a monkey and that’s because in the ancient calendar the day of my birth is one monkey,” Xochitezca said.
Q&A: Meet Doc Strangeway, longtime ghost tour guide and owner of Houston Ghost Tour
Read full article: Q&A: Meet Doc Strangeway, longtime ghost tour guide and owner of Houston Ghost TourDoc Strangeway), a clown-college alumnus who harbors a love for Texas history and all-things paranormal, is the owner and lead tour guide of Houston Ghost Tour, which escorts brave souls on ghost hunts and walking tours around the Houston-area’s haunted spots. Q: What made you interested in launching Houston Ghost Tour? Why did you start your ghost tours here? A: I am a Houston native and most of us who were for Houston Ghost Tour have grown up in the area, known all about and lived here most of our lives. Could you share one of the stories or stops people can expect to see and hear on a Houston Ghost Tour?
When to begin mammograms, why you shouldn’t use COVID-19 as an excuse to skip them
Read full article: When to begin mammograms, why you shouldn’t use COVID-19 as an excuse to skip them“Whenever we diagnose breast cancer early, the cure rate is above 90%,” said oncologist Dr. Philip Salem. Kylene Beers, of The Woodlands, said doctors found her breast cancer early. “If you diagnose breast cancer early you can cure it,” Dr. Salem said. Cancer is going to keep moving forward and do what it knows how to do, which is reproduce, reproduce, reproduce. Patients who put off mammograms and any cancer screenings could be putting themselves at serious risk.
Oktoberfest at home: This pretzel and beer keg could be the ticket
Read full article: Oktoberfest at home: This pretzel and beer keg could be the ticketOktoberfest is here, but now you can bring the German celebration to your home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Snack maker Snyder’s and Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. created a pretzel and beer keg, inspired by the love of the classic pretzel and beer combination during Oktoberfest celebration. canister of Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels and a five-liter keg of Captain Lawrence’s Marzen Style Oktoberfest Brew. You can order it online for at-home Oktoberfest celebrations. The keg will be available starting on October 7 at 1 p.m. CT online at SnydersPretzelKeg.com for $49.99.