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 […]
Reduce Your Breast Cancer Risk with Food
You are what you eat, and you can use food to prevent or reduce your risk of breast cancer. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we talked with a couple of dietitians about good things to eat to reduce your risk of cancer and things that are good for those going through cancer treatment. Dr. Jennifer […]
Breast Cancer Resources
About one in eight women in the US will develop invasive beat cancer over the course of her lifetime. It remains the most common cancer among women. Although death rates have been decreasing, thanks to treatment advances and earlier detection, there are still many deaths that could be avoided if all women received the standard […]
Mental Well-Being After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
A new breast cancer diagnosis brings physical challenges but can also take a toll on a patient’s mental health. On Health Happens, our weekly Facebook Live show, we talked with counseling psychologists from the University of Denver Morgridge College of Education. You can watch the full Health Happens episode by clicking here. “Initially a lot […]
Staying Covered as the Seasons Change
Which health insurance plan is right for you? Open enrollment starts November 1st. We talked with Connect for Health Colorado on Health Happens, our weekly Facebook Live show, about shopping for insurance and the resources available to make that process easier. Click here to watch the full episode. Contributed by Monica Caballeros with Connect for […]
Medicare 101
Millions of Americans rely on Medicare to cover their healthcare needs. Understanding the various parts of Medicare and its supplements can be tough so we talked with a Medicare agent on Health Happens, our weekly Facebook Live show, to clear up how Medicare works. You can watch the full episode by clicking here. All September […]
Health Insurance 101
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbL86KUCqXg[/embedyt] Premium, deductible, copay, out of pocket maximum, there are a lot of terms to know when it comes to health insurance and it can all be confusing for most of us. For the month of September 9Health has partnered with Connect for Health Colorado to cover all things health insurance so you’re prepared […]
HPV Vaccine: The Only One that Prevents Cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV) affects about 80 million Americans with an estimated 14 million newly infected each year. It can lead to six types of cancers, “Any areas where there can be sexual contact and exposure to HPV are areas where you can get cancer. Cancers of the mouth and throat and cancers of genitalia,” explains […]
Changes to a Vaccine for Pneumonia
Each year in the United States, pneumococcal disease causes thousands of infections including pneumonia, meningitis, bloodstream infections, and ear infections. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is now recommending that the decision for a patient to receive one of the vaccines for pneumococcal disease be left to doctors and patients. This reverses a 2014 recommendation […]