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Cómo obtener los nutrientes adecuados a cualquier edad

EquipoConnect September 30, 2024

Tu cuerpo necesita diferentes cosas en diferentes edades, especialmente cuando se trata de la nutrición. Lo que comemos afecta la manera en que envejecemos, y el envejecimiento cambia nuestras necesidades nutricionales. Según la univers...
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One Easy Way to Stay with Blue for Medicare

BCBSOK Connect Team September 30, 2024

It’s a major milestone you’ve been moving toward for a long time — all your working life, in fact. Now you’re on the cusp of 65. That means the hard-earned benefits you’ve worked for your whole life are close at hand &md...
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Consejos para un buen regreso a clases para estudiantes con trastorno por TDAH

EquipoConnect September 27, 2024

El nuevo año escolar ofrece un nuevo comienzo y la oportunidad de aprender y crecer. Pero para muchos niños, los primeros días o semanas de clase traen cambios que causan preocupación y estrés. El cambio es dif&iacu...
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Getting Started With Medicare

BCBSOK Connect Team September 27, 2024

Many people find the idea of signing up for Medicare confusing — and that's understandable. You’re used to getting your insurance from your employer or the marketplace. After so many years of doing something one way, it can be i...
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Are Your Doctors Talking to Each Other?

BCBSOK Connect Team September 23, 2024

Finding and treating eye disease early is key to maintaining good vision. Screening for diabetic eye disease has saved many people from developing poor vision or even going blind. A complete exam by an ophthalmologist or optometrist can detect early...
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The Mind-Body Connection: Nurture Both for Better Health

BCBSOK Connect Team September 23, 2024

Just as our minds and bodies are linked, so are mental and physical health. That’s why if you’re facing a health issue, you may need care for both mental and physical symptoms. Mental health conditions are common. More than 1 in 5 adults ...
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Review How to Inject Insulin with Your Doctor

BCBSOK Connect Team September 23, 2024

When, where and how you inject your insulin affects your blood sugar levels. Whether you are new to injecting insulin or have been injecting insulin for so long that you don’t give it a second thought, it is very important to review the instruc....
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Qué le sucede a un corazón roto

EquipoConnect September 23, 2024

Morir por un corazón roto parece ser la frase de una canción de música country. Pero todos hemos escuchado alguna historia de parejas de ancianos que compartieron juntos toda su vida en la que cuando fallece uno de los dos, el ot...
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What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

BCBSOK Connect Team September 23, 2024

Dying of a broken heart sounds like something from a country song. But we’ve all heard the stories — the elderly couple married for decades that die within hours or days of the other’s passing. We often say that someone died of a br...
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Pneumonia: A Lung Infection Can Affect Heart Health

BCBSOK Connect Team September 20, 2024

Every year, nearly one million people in the United States end up in the hospital with pneumonia. Along with making breathing difficult, the infection places stress on the heart. The added stress raises the risk for heart attack, stroke and dying...
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How In-Home Test Kits Fit Into Your Schedule

BCBSOK Connect Team September 18, 2024

There are things you love to do and things you have to do. Some health screenings fall into the latter. For example, you may not be eager to have a colonoscopy. You're not alone. There’s a way you can dial down the dread. W...
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Diet Drinks Are Soda-licious, but Come With a Price

BCBSOK Connect Team September 12, 2024

If you have a sugar craving, but don’t want to gain weight, then a diet soda is the perfect option, right? Not necessarily. Research shows that drinking diet soda may have harmful effects on your health. From strokes to weight gain, diet drinks....
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Wellness “U”: Tips to Stop Binge Drinking

BCBSOK Connect Team September 4, 2024

College is all about studying until your brain hurts, figuring out your future, making life-long friends — and drinking? Alcohol has become one of the most popular ways college students unwind. In fact, almost 54% of college students ages 18 to....
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Make Your Home Asthma Safe

BCBSOK Connect Team September 4, 2024

Home is where the heart is, but it’s also loaded with asthma triggers. Many asthma triggers are hiding in plain sight in the bedroom, common living spaces, kitchen and bathrooms. There are two main types of asthma triggers: all...
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Diabetes Risk Factors

BCBSOK Connect Team September 3, 2024

If you could spare yourself from a life-changing disease, you’d do it, right? For millions of Americans, paying attention to diabetes risk factors and doing something to control them can make all the difference. With diabetes, the body can no l....
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