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Sickle Cell Disease Can Effect Anyone, but a Healthy Lifestyle Is Possible!

Family traits handed down to us in DNA play a large role in our health and well-being. Genetic changes and traits carried by parents may appear in their offspring, even though the parents don’t have any physical characteristics of those conditions.

5 Things to Know About West Nile...

Receding flood waters may create the ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes and they can cause some pretty bad illnesses. That’s because mosquitoes can carry the West Nile or Zika viruses...

How to Make the Most of a Date...

—Hey Doc, what’s up? —I think it’s time that you and I have a private, productive conversation about my health. —No, nothing’s wrong, that I know of....

Kids’ Healthy Eating Habits Start...

Parents are the perfect resource when it comes to improving diet and activity levels at home. Starting good habits early can have positive long-term effects on kids’ health. Changing...

How Fiber Keeps Your Brain and...

It’s no secret that fiber (what my grandmother called “roughage”) is the key to keeping you, um… regular. But that is just one benefit of the food voted “Most...

Helping Your Kids Watch What They...

In the past 30 years, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in teens, leaving many at risk for adult health problems such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes,...

Top 10 Ways to Prevent Childhood...

Whether your child is overweight or not, it's never too early (or too late) to start teaching about eating right and living well. Here are some key ways to help prevent childhood obesity...

How to Get the Most Out of your...

Welcome to Medicare Advantage ! We’re glad you’re a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage member. Here are three steps you can take now to get the most out of your health care plan...

Take a Hike- The U.S. Surgeon General...

Instead of being a nation of binge television watchers, the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, wants Americans to get out and walk. Why walking ? According to Dr. Murthy, “We...

Beat Brown Bag Boredom: Make Fun...

Do you dread packing lunches? Does packing a brown bag seem like a never-ending exercise in blah-dom? It’s like Groundhog day packing the same pb&j and baby carrots day in and...