Although the era of personalized cancer prevention is already under way, the decisions people will have to make regarding their own risk of disease are likely to get no easier.

Epidemiologists are getting better at predicting who will come down with which ailment when—which is an undoubted benefit. But their studies, while offering a clearer picture of what is likely to occur, will require patients to exhibit the wisdom of Solomon in making health care choices.

The NIH Bicycle Commuter Club drew 465 registered riders—the strongest showing yet—to its pit stop for the Washington Area Bicyclists Association’s 2008 Bike to Work Day. NIH had 324 registered participants in the 2007 event and won the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments award for the area employer with the highest registered BTWD participation in 2006 and 2007. Confirmation of NIH’s third win in a row will come in mid-June.