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BCBSTX Connect Team
- May 23, 2019
- Health and Wellness
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It’s time to take your medicine. Or is it?

If you’ve been taking medicine for a while for health problems like allergies or high blood pressure, you may not even glance at the instructions when you get it refilled. But as time goes on, you may forget an important thing about taking...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- April 27, 2015
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
What Do We Know Now About Autism?

Parents of children with autism face a unique set of challenges. Learn more about autism and what parents can do to help their children prosper.
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- June 23, 2016
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Oh, sugar! Eat Less to Lower Disease Risk

Sugar is not one of the four food groups. Oddly enough though, sugar can be found in each food group.
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- November 23, 2015
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Living With Diabetes? Learn more about what it means for your health

If you are one of the 21 million people who are living with diabetes, you may have many questions about how to live a normal healthy life. Learn more about your disease.
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- December 29, 2014
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Minorities are at Higher Risk for Diabetes

Almost 30 million Americans have diabetes and that number only continues to grow. Why are some ethnic minority groups more likely to have Type 2 diabetes than white adults? Find out how communities and health care advocates can work together to help...
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Teresa
- February 19, 2016
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Diabetes Risk Factors Part 2

What can you do to control the modifiable risk factors for diabetes?
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Teresa
- February 12, 2016
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Diabetes Risk Factors Part 1

A risk factor is a variable associated with an increased risk of disease or infection. Learn more about them here
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Teresa
- February 5, 2016
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Gestational diabetes

It is so important to work with your doctor or health care provider to keep your blood sugars in safe ranges, while pregnant.
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Teresa
- January 29, 2016
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Type 2 Diabetes

Some groups of people have a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes than others. Learn more here
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Teresa
- January 22, 2016
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Type 1 Diabetes

Learn more about diabetes and the signs and symptoms that come with it
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Teresa
- January 13, 2016
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
What is Diabetes?

Learn more about diabetes and the signs and symptoms that come with it
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- March 20, 2019
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Reaching Out Can Make You Feel Better

Loneliness hurts. People often feel isolated or wish they had more friends. That feeling of being alone happens to people of all ages, even if they are busy and around people often. Studies show relationships are key for mental and physical wellbeing...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- March 13, 2019
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Living with Hypertension

According to the Center for Disease Control about 1 of 3 U.S. adults or about 75 million (29%) people, have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- February 27, 2019
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Medical research should reflect our diversity

Health care today is often one-size-fits-all. But what if health care could be tailored just to you? That’s the purpose of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) All of Us Research Program—a historic effort to help...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- February 26, 2019
- Health and Wellness
- Blogs
Are you aware of your colon? Colorectal Cancer Awareness in March is a good time to get screened.

Many of us may not even think much about our colon or know what it does. But, it is an important part of our digestive tract and plays a big role in our well-being. Understand what your colon does and how it affects your health
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