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Laboratory services (Labs) are a healthcare offering which provide a snapshot of your current health and are typically performed annually or semi-annually. The importance of labs lies in their creating awareness for yourself and your doctor of your health status and progression.
Much like preve...
Employee assistance programs, or EAPs, have evolved since their inception just under a century ago. So much so, that what we know as today’s broad EAP scope stemmed from a single program. The original Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was created to treat the negative effects alcoholism had on overall job p...
Many of us are familiar with the old adage, "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure", as well as the benefits that accompany preventive care. A recent Kaiser Health Tracking Poll reported that 92% of Americans believe in the importance of an annual physical. That's great! But why ...
![[Video] The Benefits of Strength Training](/Images/Blog-Images/strength-train.jpeg)
Strength training is beneficial at all ages, levels and abilities. The act of strength training puts resistance against a movement to work the muscles, tearing muscle fibers in the process (this is why you may be sore after a strength training workout). When the muscles repair t...
![[Video]- Setting S.M.A.R.T Goals](/Images/Blog-Images/smart-goals-setting-acronyms-notebook-with-calendar.jpg)
What goals do you currently have for yourself? In a perfect world, where would you like to see yourself in one year? Or in three months? Setting a realistic and attainable goal is essential to your success. Make your goal SMART:
- Specific: What will be accomplished? What a...
Making goals stick is hard work. Although we often think think the path to reaching our goals looks like a straight line, it actually looks a lot like this:
Here are resources you can use to realize your strengths, find motivation, bring about positivity and create a balance through the squiggly jour...
Retiring before 65? Hopefully finding the right health care coverage for you and your family has been at the top of mind. Roughly 90 days prior to your becoming Medicare eligible, chances are many of the health coverage options will present themselves to you in the mail. Each carefully crafted messa...
What is a Health Savings Account?
A Health Savings Account, or HSA, is a savings account where you can deposit money on a pre-tax basis to pay for qualified medical expenses. The list of qualified Medical Expenses is huge, and you may be surprised by what you can pay for usin...
Stress is a normal, psychological and physical reaction to the demands of life. Stress can be good, motivating you to perform at your job or complete a home-improvement project. But when faced with multiple challenges daily, and repeatedly, it can push you beyond the ability to cope.
What...
Taking steps to stay healthy is more important than ever. A simple way we like to stress less and feel better is by focusing on getting a healthy number of steps in our daily routines (we recommend 6,000 steps or more.)
To help you get active, we put together a list of ways you can get your ste...