Weekly Health Tips

As parents, we often minimize the importance of teen stress and simply attribute it to over-active hormones, the search for popularity and peer pressure.  However, recent studies have shown that teenagers actually do have a lot on their minds, even if parents only perceive their stress as “melodrama”. The fact is, many teens are stressed, maybe as much so or more than their parents.

Now that your kids are back in school, it’s also back to stuffy noses, sore throats, and common colds. This is the best time of year to give your kids the usual friendly reminders that help keep everyone healthy, happy and active in school. US Family Health Plan (USFHP) has a list of the top 5 reminders to share with your kids as everyone gets back into full swing this fall.

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. US Family Health Plan would like to encourage all members to take some time this month to learn about the prevention, signs, symptoms, and risk factors associated with glaucoma.

Diabetes is a disease the affects many people. It’s also a disease that continues to grow among the U.S. population. Spend a little time this November learning about diabetes. USFHP wants you to be aware of the symptoms and signs of the disease, but also how to prevent it!

October is breast cancer awareness month – a perfect time to learn about the prevention, risk factors, and screening methods. Breast cancer affects many people. Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. Most cases of breast cancer are found in women over the age of 50, but younger women are also affected by breast cancer. About 11% of new cases of breast cancer are found in women younger than 45 years of age. Very rarely, breast cancer is also found in men.