Health + Wellness

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Sugar

Posted: 8/31/2010

What’s the worst threat to our health from our food supply? Pesticides? Germs like E. coli? All those chemical ingredients you can’t pronounce? Some experts say those are minor threats compared to something we eat a whole lot more of--sugar. Read more...

Blue Health Connection

Blue Health Connection is your resource for around-the-clock information that puts you in touch with health professionals to help you ensure your good health and that of your family members. With Blue Health Connection, you have access to Registered Nurses, long-term health counseling, online symptom advisors, health information, and more

HealthierFeds Campaign

HealthierFeds provides information and education to Federal employees and retirees about healthy living, greater individual responsibility for personal health, and best-treatment strategies

FEP Blue News

Talking to Your Doctor About Saving with Generic Drugs

Most doctors want to keep their patient’s health care affordable.  However, some doctors may not know when generic drugs become available for certain prescription drugs...

Preparing For Flu Season

Did you know that complications related to the flu cause more than 36,000 deaths each year?  Preparing for flu season is an important part of protecting your health.

Immunizations – Part of Your Good Health

Why are immunizations so important for children?  Many dangerous diseases, such as measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), whooping cough, chicken pox, polio, and tetanus (lockjaw), can cause permanent disability or death...

Have You Had Your Annual Physical This Year?

If you haven’t had your annual physical in 2010, time is running out to take advantage of our 2010 wellness incentive.  How do you get the wellness incentive?  All you have to do is take the Blue Health Assessment.

FEP Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence

Who knew that when the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan was established a half century ago that it would become the largest national account program in the world? July 1, 2010, marks the 50th anniversary milestone of outstanding service to government employees for the Service Benefit Plan...

You've Got a Great Body... Keep it that Way!

If your body has a say in the matter, it wants to stay healthy and keep you feeling good. Even though Mark Twain once claimed that "the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not," here are several easy-to-implement, fairly pleasant daily habits that will make your life healthier, more productive, and more enjoyable.

Page last updated: September 01, 2010

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