Preventive care is important at any age. It helps to identify any health concerns or conditions in the early stages of development, making them easier to control.

Blue gives you the power to create and maintain a healthy lifestyle. It puts resources at your fingertips, giving you the health care-related information you need to take charge of your health.

If you suffer from seasonal allergies, you may look toward the sunny days of spring with a mixture of anticipation and dread. Millions of Americans have seasonal allergies, and during the spring, tree pollen reaches its highest levels. Fortunately, there are many ways to reduce your exposure to pollen and other seasonal allergens, like grasses and weeds.

Our skin is our largest body organ, but it’s not usually one we worry about. Maybe we should, though, because it’s vital to our health and well-being. Your skin protects internal organs, keeps germs out and vital fluids in, regulates body temperature and helps the body get rid of excess water and salts. Certain cells in the skin also communicate with the brain, allowing you to sense temperature, touch and pain.

Warm, sunny summer days provide just the right incentive to get outside and enjoy outdoor pursuits, such as swimming, hiking and gardening. Before you head out, it’s important to make sure to protect your skin from sun damage. Overexposure to the sun can cause premature aging of the skin and can also raise your risk of developing skin cancer, the most common cancer in the United States.

As you shake off the chill of winter and look forward to the balmy days of spring, now is a good time to reevaluate your eating habits and reinvigorate your exercise routine. As a Service Benefit Plan member, you receive special member savings with discounts on gym memberships, diet programs, fitness apparel and fitness monitoring equipment.

When it comes to heart health and symptoms, women really are different.  Not in every way, but in some important ways such as the symptoms of a heart attack.

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.

With all the information about healthy diets, sometimes it is just too much information to comprehend. There are actually only a few things to remember when you are planning healthy meals and snacks for you and your family...

When it comes to heart health and symptoms, women really are different. Not in every way, but in some important ways such as the symptoms of a heart attack.

You may have tried to stop smoking before. If so, you know what others suggested: patches, gum, and quitting cold turkey. Nothing seems to work and where hope falters, the addiction advances.

Most of us don't know what our healthy weight is for our body. We know that we feel better at a certain weight, but is that really our healthy weight? Your healthy weight is a weight that lowers your risk of health problems.