Surviving through a pandemic doesn’t mean you have to neglect your preventive health and nutrition. In fact, now more than ever a healthy diet can help you protect yourself. Poor nutrition and unhealthy diets can lead to diet related diseases such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes and a variety of other nutrition-related diseases, small changes can help to prevent these […]
Are you at risk for sleep apnea?
Sleep apnea is a serious disorder in which someone starts and stops breathing repeatedly while they sleep. Untreated sleep apnea can lead to serious complications like high blood pressure, pulmonary hypertension, and even increase your risk of car accidents. One way to check your risk right now is with our free online assessment – click […]
Reduce your risk for heart complications
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is even more important for all of us to take care of our overall health and pay attention to risk factors for chronic conditions. 9Health has developed free online risk assessments so you can see where you stand. […]
Older Adults and Increased Risk for COVID-19
In the months since we all learned about the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in March, many things have changed about the way we live, work, and play. The global pandemic has certainly changed everyday life from going to the grocery store to visiting family and friends and especially monitoring our health and seeking medical care. If […]
Reducing your risk and preventing diabetes during a pandemic
9Health is all about prevention and while it is always important to take care of your overall health and pay attention to risk factors for chronic conditions, it is even more important now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the novel coronavirus, new attention is being given to preexisting or underlying conditions. Diabetes is one […]
2019 Health Happens: Year in Review
During 2019, we were on a quest to learn more about where health happens because it happens everywhere, to all of us! Everybody experiences health in different ways and in different places. That’s what this show is about – inspiring health, educating consumers. This year, we interviewed a wide variety of health experts about important […]
Can Lifestyle Changes Reverse Metabolic Syndrome?
We talked about Enhancing Lifestyles for Metabolic Syndrome study with Kevin S. Masters, Ph.D., a Professor of Psychology and a researcher on the CU Anschutz Campus.
What is Medicare Advantage?
One of the most important factors for our health is health insurance and the complex nature of Medicare can make it difficult to navigate. Understanding the various parts of Medicare and its supplements can be tough so we talked with Lindy Hinman, the Market President for Medicare in Colorado at Cigna, on Health Happens, our […]
Reduce Your Diabetes Risk With Food
A healthy diet can help you prevent, manage and even reverse diabetes. You are what you eat and you can choose the right food to help you prevent or reduce your risk of diabetes. For American Diabetes Awareness Month, we talked with a variety of health experts about diabetes and how simple lifestyle changes can […]
Why Do You Need Health Insurance?
Why do you need health insurance? Open enrollment has started and will run through January 15th, 2020. We talked with Connect for Health Colorado on Health Happens, our weekly Facebook Live show, about why you need insurance and the resources available to make shopping for insurance easier. Click here to watch the full episode. Contributed […]