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What is asthma? What can you do to control asthma symptoms? Do you need to see how to use a metered-dose inhaler? If you’re struggling to control your or your child’s asthma, this site can help.

Here you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, asthma-related apps and helpful resources to answer your questions and help you take control. You’ll learn about things like making an asthma action plan, how to learn your asthma triggers and when to call the doctor. Find out what small steps you can take right now to help improve your quality of life.

Interactive tools

American Lung Association: What Is Asthma?
A video animation that shows what happens to the lungs during an asthma attack. Watch Video

Topics

Know Your Triggers

Help Your Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler and Mask Spacer

Overcome Obstacles to Taking Medicines

How to Overcome Treatment Obstacles

Asthma Action Plan

Asthma Attack

Resources

American Lung Association: Focus on Asthma

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

Staying healthy during flu season

Influenza, also known as the flu, can make you feel terrible. Having the flu can result in lost time at school, work, or with family and friends. But there are things you can do now to help keep the flu away:

Get a flu vaccine, or shot, each year
Wash your hands often
Stay away from people who have the flu
Eat more foods like fruits and veggies that can help protect you from the flu
Drink more water
Get more rest

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone six months and older, especially those at high risk of serious effects of the flu, get a flu shot every year. And if you’re age 65 or older, the CDC suggests getting a pneumonia vaccine as well.

When should you get a flu shot?

Try to get a flu shot as soon as the vaccine becomes available, before the flu season even begins and reaches the place where you live. Even though the flu season usually peaks in January or later, this will give your body time to develop the antibodies needed to protect against the flu.

Where can you get a flu shot or more information?

Your case manager can talk with you about flu shots and help you find where you can get the flu shot
Your primary care provider (PCP) will help you learn about flu shots and can provide them
You can get the flu shot at any of our network pharmacies if you’re age 21 or older
Your local health department will give you the flu shot

Remember to show your member ID card when you get the flu or pneumonia shots.

Topics

Influenza (Seasonal Flu)

Flu Vaccines: Should I Get a Flu Vaccine?

Vaccines to Prevent the Flu

Flu Vaccine Myths

What can I do for a cold?

What is Pneumonia and How is it Treated?

Resources

Weekly US map: influenza summary update

How active is the flu in your state or city?

CDC: Flu overview

What is heart disease? What can you do to reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke? Are you looking for ways to lower your cholesterol or control your high blood pressure? If so, this site can help.

Here you'll find useful tips, interactive tools, heart health-related apps and helpful resources to answer your questions and help you take control. You'll learn about things like making changes in your lifestyle, important health care screenings and when to call the doctor. Find out about small steps you can take to help improve your health.

Interactive Tools

Are You Ready to Quit Smoking?
Answer a few simple questions to find out if you're ready to quit. Go

Apps

MediSafe
Tells you when it's time to take your medicine.
Download on App Store

MyFitnessPal
Track calories, exercise and weight each day.
Download on App Store

Topics

An overview of heart conditions

Exercising for a Healthy Heart

Low-salt Diets: Eating Out

High Cholesterol: An Overview

High Blood Pressure

Heart Failure: Checking Your Weight

Resources

American Heart Association: Getting Healthy

Medline Plus

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

What is diabetes? Are you looking for ways to control your blood sugar or manage your weight? Would you like to eat healthier and be more active? If so, this site can help.

Here you'll find useful tips, interactive tools, diabetes-related apps and helpful resources to answer your questions and set health goals. You'll learn about things like making changes in your lifestyle, important health care screenings and when to call the doctor. Find out about small steps you can take right now to live life well with diabetes.

Interactive Tools

Diabetes Risk Test
Use this tool to assess your risk for developing diabetes. Take the quiz

Managing Diabetes Podcasts
Listen to and learn from the stories of people like you who are living with diabetes. Go

Apps

Glucose Buddy
Let's you log and keep track of your blood sugar.
Download on App Store

MediSafe
Tells you when it's time to take your medicine.
Download on App Store

Topics

Type 1 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes

How to Avoid Other Health Problems

Taking care of your feet

Healthy Eating Tips

Diabetes Blood Sugar Levels

What health screenings do women need? How can you stay healthy if you’re pregnant or planning to get pregnant? What are your options for birth control? This site can help you find the answers you need.

Visit our Pregnancy and Women’s Health page to learn more about:

Women’s health information and resources
Incentives and rewards programs
Interactive tools
Pregnancy and childbirth-related apps

Whether you are thinking about having a baby, pregnant, a new mom, or aren’t planning to have a baby, we can help you stay healthy. Learn more.

New Baby, New Life℠ is a program that will provide you with education, resources and support during your pregnancy and following delivery of your baby.

Here you'll find useful tips, interactive tools, pregnancy and childbirth-related apps and helpful resources. You can use it to set health goals and find answers to your questions. Learn how your baby is growing and developing. Find out when to see the doctor during pregnancy and after childbirth. Members can call Member Services to join our program called New Baby, New Life^sm.

Interactive Tools

From Embryo to Baby in 9 Months

Watch how your baby grows and changes month by month inside the womb. Go

Apps

MyFitnessPal
Track calories, exercise and weight each day.
Download on App Store

Topics

Preparing for a Healthy Pregnancy

When to Go for Prenatal Care

Pregnancy After 35

Alcohol or Drug Use During Pregnancy

Preterm Labor

Dealing with Morning Sickness

Postpartum Depression

Breastfeeding

Newborn Development

Resources

March of Dimes

Women, Infants and Children (FNS, USDA)

Baby Center

Would you like to have more energy or lose some weight? Could you benefit from changing your diet or being more active? If you want to take steps towards a healthier you, this site can help.

Here you'll find useful tips, interactive tools, fitness-related apps and helpful resources to answer your questions and help you set personal health goals. You'll learn about things like healthy eating and how to make activity a part of your daily life. A fit body can be in your future. Find out what small steps you can take right now to help improve your quality of life.

Interactive Tools

BMI Calculator

Learn your body mass index (BMI) and how it may affect your overall health. Go

How Many Calories Did You Burn?

Let this tool do the math for you while you have fun being active. Go

Interactive Food Label

Test your knowledge of reading food labels. Go

Apps

MyFitnessPal
Track calories, exercise and weight each day.
Download on App Store

Topics

What Is a Healthy Lifestyle?

Making Healthy Choices When You Eat Out

Healthy Eating: Overcoming Barriers to Change

Fitness: Getting and Staying Active

Fitness: Adding More Activity to Your Life

Being Active When You Have Health Problems

Resources

Nourish Interactive

Choose My Plate - Healthy Eating Guidelines

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

We all feel down, worried or overwhelmed at times. But when these feelings last a while or they stop you from doing daily tasks, it may be time to seek help. Here you'll find useful tips, interactive tools, behavioral health-related apps and helpful resources.

When should you call the doctor? You'll learn about things like managing stress, overcoming depression, treating anxiety and attention deficit disorder. This site can help you deal with life's pressures in healthy ways. Find out what small steps you can take right now to help improve your quality of life.