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In-Home Diabetes Care: Make Good Food Choices

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Managing your diabetes can seem like a full-time job. There are so many things that affect your blood sugar level. What you eat, the number of hours you sleep, how active you are — even stress — all have an impact. You can’t always control all of these…
- over 1 year ago
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Work Stress Overwhelming? Take These 3 Steps

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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 recent…
- over 2 years ago
- Health and Wellness
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Lowering the Risk of Opioid Misuse

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The opioid crisis was declared a national “public health emergency” back in 2017. Since the alarm was sounded, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says opioid addiction, overdose and deaths are still on the rise in the U.S. Even seniors…
- over 2 years ago
- Medicare
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Do You Think Your Child Has Asthma?

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It can be upsetting when your child is struggling with a health issue. It's especially unnerving if your child seems to be struggling to breathe. We understand. More importantly, we're here to help you. Ask Yourself a Few Questions Is there a family…
- over 1 year ago
- Health and Wellness
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The Impact of Stress if You Have Diabetes

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Traffic was a beast. You lost your phone. A few zeros seem to be missing from your bank balance. When you feel stressed, your body produces two hormones that raise your blood sugar — adrenaline and cortisol. Both are linked to the body’s natural “fight…
- over 1 year ago
- Health and Wellness
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One Simple Step for Better Health: Talk to Your Doctor

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If you could do just one thing to improve your health, you’d be interested, right? Especially if it didn’t cost you extra time or money. So what is it? Talking with your doctor. There are health benefits to having a primary doctor and maintaining that…
- 3 months ago
- Health and Wellness
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Surprising Signs You Might Have a Thyroid Problem

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Thyroid disease is common, and many people don’t know they have it. That may be in part because some of the symptoms are surprising. About 30 million people suffer from thyroid dysfunction. And more than half don’t know they have a problem, says the…
- 9 months ago
- Health and Wellness
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COPD: When Lungs Break, the Heart Often Follows

BCBSIL Connect Team

“To breathe is to live, and without breath there is no life.” The mantra is a basic tenet of yoga. Nothing is clearer for those who struggle to breathe. If you suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), every breath can be a struggle…
- 11 months ago
- Health and Wellness
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Keep Health Issues in Check with Telehealth Visits

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Does your health plan offer telehealth visits with doctors in your plan’s network? Now's a good time to check. It may be just what you need to stay on top of your health. During the pandemic, more health care facilities turned to telehealth visits to…
- 26 days ago
- Benefits & Coverage
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How Talking About Suicide Can Help

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Talking about suicide is an effective way to help prevent it. But it’s vital to know what to say. We can all help prevent suicide, says 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline . This national network of local crisis centers wants everyone to know that suicide…
- 26 days ago
- Health and Wellness
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