It’s easy to pack on the pounds over the holidays—especially when you are faced with questions like “can I get a grande-size amount of whipped cream on my tall peppermint latte” or “does watching football in my Snuggie count as aerobics?” When you add in shopping errands and family gatherings, maintaining your weight over a busy holiday schedule seems doubtful.

At 42, Bruce Johnson, an Emmy-winning weekend news anchor for Washington, D.C.’s WUSA 9, appeared to an example of perfect health. He exercised regularly and had long given up bad habits like cigarettes and alcohol. So when Johnson started experiencing nausea, sweats and a strange feeling of discomfort while out on an assignment, the furthest cause from his mind was a heart attack.

You may religiously lather up in sunscreen on your way to the beach, but you need to exercise skin safety every time you’re under the sun. A recent study from the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology revealed that more Americans develop skin cancer on the left side of their body, which is likely due to sun exposure while driving.