Today, when everyone is focused on eating healthier, we think we are finally on track for being the great nutrition nation. We pat ourselves on the back, do a high five and feel like we on our way to better health, longer lives, less stress, and more energy. It’s all good in the neighborhood.
Topics: Healthy Living, TRICARE, Family Matters, Military Families, US Family Health Plan, food, Health
What a difference a night makes! Here are 6 little secrets that US Family Health Plan – a TRICARE Prime Health Program - would like to share on how you can get a good night’s sleep. Good sleep, along with healthy eating and good exercise, is one of the primary pillars of good health. And who doesn’t enjoy a good healthy sleep?
Topics: Healthy Living, Importance of Sleep, US Family Health Plan, TRICARE Prime, Health
New Year’s Eve is one of the biggest celebrations of the year. Think about it -- Times Square, the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop, champagne toasts, old classic movies, midnight kisses, and endless parties. But after all the partying is over, reality sinks in and we enter the first month of a brand new year. What a difference a day makes!
Topics: Healthy Living, Water, Importance of Sleep, Fitness, Heatlhy Eating
A common focus of the holiday season is to share and celebrate family togetherness. Even extended families, normally separated from each other throughout the year, manage to somehow reconnect during the holidays. This is the spirit that defines the season. So for many military families, where a loved one may be absent due to military deployment, truly being able to enjoy season’s festivities may be more difficult.
Topics: Healthy Living, TRICARE, Military Families, stress, miltary separation, TRICARE Prime, Holidays
Many health professionals recommend seasonal influenza (flu) vaccines as a preventive measure. But are they safe? Are they necessary? Do they actually work? Or are they a shot in the dark? The debate rages on, but the U.S. Center for Disease Control still urges families to get vaccinated against flu every year -- not only to safeguard their own health, but to prevent a large scale epidemic from taking hold in the U.S.
Topics: Healthy Living
