Stress is a killer. It can steal away your happiest moments while setting the stage for serious health conditions such as heart disease, hypertension and cancer. To maximize your health and well-being one of the first steps is to eliminate unnecessary stress in your everyday life. Today US Health Plan – a TRICARE Prime health program – offers five simple ways to eradicate unneeded stress from your life.
Topics: TRICARE, stress, TRICARE Prime, Health, High Blood Pressure, heart health, stress busters
July is Health Awareness Month. At US Family Health Plan, we take health and wellness very seriously. A healthy lifestyle helps support wellness and helps prevents disease. We see this as a winning combination. It is one of the best ways to make a good doctor’s check-up, even better. So here are 5 of the top trends in health and wellness today.
Topics: TRICARE, US Family Health Plan, TRICARE Prime, meditation, smoothie bowls, athletic clothes, health trends, magnesium, minerals
Summer has arrived, school is out, and now kids can spend more time outside enjoying sports and games, whether at camp, at the local park or even just in the backyard. The U.S. Military represents one of the strongest codes of honor in the world. Sports and competitions also have a code of honor. And we all know as parents, that good sportsmanship is important in almost every area of life. It’s never too early to start instilling good sportsmanship in our children – both boys and girls. And for teenagers, as they become active in high school sports, clubs, competition and politics, it is critical.
As we near the end of Men’s Health Month (June), we want to take time to highlight the important connection between good grooming, personal success, and health, as it pertains to men. Yes, we said men. Men can sometimes be known as “grooming slackers” because grooming is not always on the top of their list of manly activities. But unless you are Tarzan, or you happen to be returning from a climbing expedition on Mt. Everest, it’s important for you embrace the new grooming basics. These basics support your look, your health, your success and even your sexy.
Topics: TRICARE, TRICARE Prime, Massage, Male Grooming Products, male grooming, Men's Health Month
Current statistics from the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) indicate that the average male lives 5 less years than their female counterparts, on average. A major contributor to this shorter lifespan is heart disease – the #1 health concern for men.
Topics: TRICARE, US Family Health Plan, TRICARE Prime, heart health, heatlh check ups, heart attack, Men's Health Month
