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Healthy Living with Asthma

BCBSOK Connect Team March 9, 2023

Your child has asthma. Now what? First, know you’re not alone. Asthma is the most common long-term disease in children. Millions of families do everything they can to keep their children’s asthma under control. Learning how to keep asthma...
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Boost Your Health with Strength Training

BCBSOK Connect Team March 1, 2023

New research says strength training may help people live longer. While that likelihood requires more study, there is solid proof that building your muscles can help your body and overall health. We already know that muscle-strengthening effort is...
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Prediabetes Can Be Reversed

BCBSOK Connect Team February 17, 2023

Want to hear some good news about diabetes? For many of us, the disease can be delayed or even prevented with a few simple lifestyle changes. This is important because diabetes affects more than 37 million people in the U.S. That’s about one o.....
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Fuel Your Brain: What Foods Support Mental Health?

BCBSOK Connect Team February 2, 2023

If you pay attention, your body will tell you if what you’re eating is good for it or not. You may feel energized after a healthy meal. Revived from drinking a tall glass of water. Or you may feel sluggish if you eat too much. Or uncomfortable ....
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Not Sleeping Well? Done Right, Daily Activity Can Help

BCBSOK Connect Team February 1, 2023

If sleeping doesn’t come easy, you’ve probably already tried a few things you thought might help. If they didn’t help, there may be another option — more activity each day. It may seem odd to say that more activity can help yo...
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How Serious is Cirrhosis?

BCBSOK Connect Team January 27, 2023

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (BCBSOK) works closely with Loyola University School of Medicine to support research about cirrhosis of the liver. By doing so, we help doctors anticipate and treat the growing number of cases they now see....
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Pregnancy with Gestational Diabetes

BCBSOK Connect Team January 25, 2023

Angela R. had her first child when she was 21. Fifteen years later, she learned she was expecting her second at the age of 36. While her first pregnancy went smoothly, a complication rose its head 25 weeks into her second. Gestational diabetes. &ldqu...
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What Does Your Thyroid Do?

BCBSOK Connect Team January 20, 2023

Everyone is born with a thyroid. It’s the “butterfly-shaped” gland in the lower front part of your neck. It sits right below the Adam’s Apple. The thyroid gland makes two hormones – T3 (triiodothyronine) and T4 (thyroxin...
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Health Insurance and Pregnancy: The Basics

BCBSOK Connect Team January 19, 2023

Having a baby is life changing. While babies are a blessing, they also cost money – even before they're born. That’s why it’s important to have health insurance before and after you become pregnant. With health insurance maternity b...
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Are You Prepared for Earthquakes?

BCBSOK Connect Team January 18, 2023

How do you prepare for the unexpected? What do you do when something you hoped you’d never experience suddenly happens? While an earthquake can happen anywhere, there some parts of the United States that have a higher risk. People in Alaska, Ca....
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Fall and Wintertime Skin Care: How to Prevent and Treat Dry Skin

BCBSOK Connect Team January 17, 2023

The leaves are falling, the holidays are just around the corner. So is something else. Itchy skin. Yep, as the seasons change, so does your skin. The skin routine you use in the summer may not work so well in the fall and winter when humidity dr...
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A Parent’s Nightmare: When Kids Can’t Sleep

BCBSOK Connect Team January 7, 2023

At the end of a long, hard day, nothing looks more inviting than a soft bed and fluffy pillow. Snuggling under a fluffy duvet or layers of soft blankets may seem like a little bit of heaven. Until your kid wanders in and tells you he can’t slee....
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8 Surprising Facts about Arthritis

BCBSOK Connect Team January 4, 2023

Humans have walked the Earth for nearly six million years, so you can be sure arthritis isn’t anything new. Even our earliest ancestors suffered through their fair share of stiff, aching joints. The struggle to remain flexible and mobile can be....
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Work Stress Overwhelming? Take These 3 Steps

BCBSOK Connect Team December 27, 2022

Can you successfully manage stress to have a better life? Or is it like retirement on the Riviera — nice to dream about but almost impossible to achieve? Like much of life, it depends. Americans are stressed. Over 75 percent of respondents in a....
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Get the Scoop on Those Sneaky Added Sugars

BCBSOK Connect Team November 18, 2022

There’s a sneaky marauder making its way through your body, and it’s out to do you harm. Its name is sugar. You may not always know how it got there, but it can hurt you. Sugar is in fruits and vegetables and other foods that are part of ...
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