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Self-Care Practices to Try Over the Holidays to Avoid Seasonal Stress

Together with Athleta, we're compiling actionable wellness advice you need from the experts—and Well+Good is bringing it to life all year long at events in NYC. Here, reiki master and empowerment coach Kelsey J. Patel…

Healthy Living

Always look on the bright side: being an optimist can help you live longer.

Studies have found that optimism is beneficial to your overall health, but is linked to a healthy heart and can even help ward off diseases.Optimists often have lower blood pressure, which reduces the…

Financial Planning

The Pros and Cons of Living Trusts

You can use them to avoid probate, but not everyone needs one by Jane Bryant Quinn, AARP, Updated October 22, 2019 STEVE CHENN/CORBIS/GETTY IMAGES PLUS En español | You have a will (I hope!), but is that enough? Would you…

Healthy Living, Safety

#BeThere For The Holidays

Although this article is focused on the military, the content is important for the holidays for both our military and other family members. According to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, it is a commonly-held misconception that…

Safety

Enjoy a Safe Holiday Season

Holiday safety is an issue that burns brightest from late November to mid-January, when families gather, parties are scheduled and travel spikes. Take some basic precautions to ensure your family remains safe and injury-free throughout the…

Other

Happy Veterans Day!

The theme for the 2019 Veterans Day Poster is: “Service” Veterans contribute to American society in many ways; not just during their time in active duty. Throughout our history, military service members have put on their…

Healthy Living

Vaping Dangers for Older Adults

What to know about recent lung illnesses and deaths by Sari Harrar, AARP, Updated October 17, 2019 BSIP/GETTY IMAGES En español | If you're over 50 and vaping, it's officially high time to switch off that e-cigarette. All…

Healthy Living

What You Can Do to Avoid the Flu

Fever, headache, fatigue, dry cough, sore throat, stuffy nose, nausea: If these symptoms hit, you may have been bitten by the flu bug. Who is Most Vulnerable? People over age 65 comprised about 70% to 90% of all cases of flu in…

Safety

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week is a far-reaching public awareness campaign developed to educate young drivers, their parents and others about drowsy driving and its prevention. The campaign aims to put drowsy driving in the headlights of…

Healthy Living

November is Diabetes Month

Whether you’ve been newly diagnosed, have been fighting against type 1 or type 2 diabetes for a while, or are helping a loved one, the American Diabetes Association is available to help you. Start gaining a deeper understanding of how you…

Healthy Living, Safety

November Safety Checklist

November brings the start of the holiday season. With the holidays right around the corner, SafeWise provides you with a November Safety Checklist. According to SafeWise, "The holidays have arrived and with them come guests. Many, many…

Safety

Prevention Tips for Leading Cause of Senior Injuries: Falls

The most common source of fatal and non-fatal injuries to seniors is slips, trips, and falls. An estimated 2.8 million seniors in the U.S. are treated in emergency rooms every year for fall-related injuries, and 27,000 die annually from…

Safety

Halloween Safety On and Off the Road

Kids love the magic of Halloween: Trick-or-treating, classroom parties and trips to a neighborhood haunted house. But for moms and dads, often there is a fine line between Halloween fun and safety concerns, especially when it comes to road…

Safety

Halloween Safety

Halloween is right around the corner. Let's all make sure we keep kids safe while they are enjoying the Halloween festivities.

Health Insurance

Most Americans Lack Disability Insurance Or Means To Financially Survive A Long-Term Disability

According to a Cigna survey, about 50% of workers like their jobs, and 10% would continue working the same job even if they had enough money to never work again. However, the survey also found that most workers did not have solid…

Healthy Living, Safety

October is SIDS Awareness Month

October is #SIDSAwarenessMonth. Help raise awareness of what a safe infant sleep environment looks like. Remember, babies sleep safest on their backs! What Does A Safe Sleep Environment Look Like? You can reduce your baby’s risk…

Health Insurance, Healthy Living

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month

October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month. What is Down Syndrome? According to the National Down Syndrome Society, in every cell in the human body there is a nucleus, where genetic material is stored in genes. Genes carry…

Home, Property Insurance

Your Fall Home Maintenance Checklist

Fall is here and you should use the time to enjoy the cool weather outdoors and take care of housekeeping chores before winter arrives. You should tackle any needed maintenance before the weather gets too cold and, if you live in a cold-weather…

Health Insurance, Healthy Living

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Find out more about breast cancer from the American Cancer Society and get your questions answered. Breast Cancer Whether you or a loved one are worried about developing breast cancer,…

Medicare

Priority Health Open Enrollment Dates

Priority Health Open Enrollment dates are here! Meetings are available at various locations starting on October 16th and ending on December 3, 2019. Come to one of our informational meetings where you can get your questions answered as well…

Auto, Safety

Seat Belts Save Thousands of Lives Per Year

Buckle up. The life you save may be your own. Thanks to mandatory seat belt laws in the vast majority of jurisdictions, drivers and passengers are more likely to wear seatbelts now than they ever have been. In 2000, drivers…

Healthy Living

Burnout: Facing the damage of ‘chronic workplace stress’

Published Friday 2 August 2019 By Maria Cohut Fact checked by Jasmin Collier In a world where it seems as though the pressure to perform is always on, more and more people are admitting to burnout at work. What is this phenomenon,…

Healthy Living

This sleep disorder puts people at ‘very high risk’ of Parkinson’s

Published Wednesday 6 March 2019 By Maria Cohut Fact checked by Isabel Godfrey Research has linked a particular sleep disorder called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. What characterizes…