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American Heart Month

Because your heart means so much, we want you to remind a loved one how important it is to take care of your heart during American Heart Month... View article

Did you know that getting lifesaving cancer screening tests have been proven to reduce the risk of cancer in men and women? According to the American Cancer Society, cancer screening tests help to identify cancer at an early stage... View article

Blue Distinction — What It Means For You

Blue Distinction is a quality designation that helps you find medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in select procedures. It recognizes facilities that meet objective, evidence-based criteria for clinical quality. View article

Blue Health Assessment: Knowing Is The First Step

As a parent, you may feel that's it's your job to protect your family. Most parents have a few simple rules to encourage healthy behaviors, like everyone has to wear a seatbelt and TV is not allowed before dinner... View article

Family Emergency Plan

If a natural disaster struck your hometown today, would you know what items to take with you to safety or to a shelter? Learn why an emergency plan is important and how to ...
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Getting Your Cholesterol Numbers

Most adults have had their cholesterol tested in the last five years. That is great news! It is also important since often you don't experience any symptoms when you have high cholesterol levels. View article

Having A Baby

If you are thinking about having a baby or maybe you are already expecting a child, here are some things you need to know about planning, eating, exercising and avoiding ... View article

Health Care Costs and You

Health care costs affect everyone. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Americans will spend $2.5 Trillion on health care in 2009. This means most Americans are going to pay about $9,500 more for health care in 2009. View article

HealthierFeds

Healthierfeds.opm.gov is a web site designed especially for federal employees to help you improve your own health. The campaign has four pillars: Physical Activity; ... View article

Healthy Habits

Did you know that four changes to your lifestyle can help decrease your risk of getting cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes? By eating a healthy diet, avoiding obesity, exercising ... View article

How To Talk To Your Doctor About Saving With Generic Drugs

Most doctors want to help keep their patient's health care affordable. However, some doctors may not know when generic drugs become available for certain prescription drugs...
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HPV Update

Gardasil is the new vaccine against the human papilloma virus or HPV which causes cervical cancer and genital warts. HPV and Gardasil continue to be in the news and ... View article

Increase Steps and Decrease Your Waistline with WalkingWorks

You can take the first step to better health by participating in the National Walk @ Lunch Day, sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies across the US. View article

Kids and Stress

Kids don't have to pay bills. They don't have to balance jobs, relationships and household issues. So, what do kids have to worry about? ... View article

Listen and Learn with Audio Health Library

Waiting. It's a part of our lives. We wait in traffic. We wait at sporting events. We wait in line at our favorite shops and restaurants. We wait at the doctor's office. Patience is a virtue, but exhibiting it is not always a delight. View article

Mammograms

In 2007, the Service Benefit Plan looked at the claims history of the women with this insurance to see if they were getting mammograms as recommended by federal agencies, the American Cancer ... View article

Managing Your Medications

It's important that you use your medications safely and store them appropriately. It can be hard to keep track of when to take each medication and how much to take of each medication, especially when you are taking several medications for different conditions... View article

Maintaining A Healthy Weight

Most of us don't know what our healthy weight is for our body. We know that we feel better at a certain weight, but is that really our healthy weight? Your healthy weight is a weight that lowers your risk of health problems. View article

National Walk @ Lunch Day — April 29

You can take the first step to better health by participating in the National Walk @ Lunch Day, sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies across the US. View article

New Blue Health Assessment Gives Power to Make, Keep Resolutions

To ring in this New Year, millions of Americans will make resolutions. The most common include going to the gym, quitting smoking, and losing weight... View article

Preventive Cancer Screenings Cost You Nothing

Benjamin Franklin once said, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Forget this and you might pay a high price... View article

Preventive Care

Discussing the preventive care needs of you and your family with your physicians and other health care providers is the first step to maintaining your health and keeping ... View article

Protection Overseas

When you travel outside the United States, you know it's important to take your passport with you. You also need to take your Service Benefit Plan ID card — your passport for ... View article

Retinopathy

If you or someone close to you are among the 14 million Americans who have diabetes, you'll know that along with that diagnosis comes dietary changes, blood glucose monitoring, and perhaps ... View article

Salt and Your Diet

With nutritional labels on all of our packaged foods, we can now look at the contents to determine how much salt or sodium is in each serving. Why should we worry about the amount of salt we eat in our diet? ... View article

Smart Use of Antibiotics

Think you have a cold or the flu? Does your child have a runny nose, sore throat or possibly an ear infection? How often do we go see our doctor when we are sick and miserable and hope that ... View article

Sodas At School

Child obesity is a topic we all hear on the television and read about in magazines. It now appears children will have healthier choices at school ... View article

Teenage Smoking

In June 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a new report on teenage smoking... View article

Use Hospital Advisor And Know Before You Go

Did you know that as a member of the Service Benefit Plan you can get free, independent information on hospitals in your area? Our Hospital Advisor tool connects you with a variety of metrics that gauge hospital quality and can be customized to your condition. View article

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