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Personalized Online Lifestyle Improvement Programs
Wellness has been an increasingly important aspect of health care in recent years. As a member of the Steelworkers Health and Welfare Fund, you have access to a vast array of Wellness initiatives that are offered by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. These web-based initiatives allow you to participate in personalized lifestyle improvement programs at your convenience.
For a summary of the programs that are available to help you meet your wellness goals, click here.
Complementary Wellness Discount Program
In addition to access to the Online Lifestyle Improvement Programs, members of the Steelworkers Health and Welfare Fund have access to the complementary wellness discount program developed by Highmark BCBS. As a Fund member, you have access discounts up to 30 percent on various health related products and services.
For more information on the complementary wellness discount program, click here.
Wellness Spotlight Topic of the Month
Starting this month, the Steelworkers Health and Welfare Fund will feature a Wellness Spotlight Topic of the Month to help keep you, our members, informed about important topics to help you meet your wellness goals. Please check this page monthly to keep up on the latest Wellness Spotlight topics.
Spotlight Topic for the Month of December - Manage Your Stress
Stress management, combined with strong social support, can be just as important as diet and exercise to reduce your health risks and manage chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease. Stress and isolation can often be an underlying cause of acute and chronic conditions.
For more information on Managing Stress, click on the topics below.
Manage Your Stress
Food & Mood
Meet Bill Swanson
Spotlight Topic for the Month of November - Diabetes Prevention
Pre-diabetes is a condition that comes before diabetes when blood glucose levels are elevated above normal range, but are not high enough to make a clinical diagnosis of diabetes. Pre-diabetes can be reversed with improved eating habits, exercise and weight loss. Diabetes, however, cannot be reversed once you have it.
For more information on Diabetes Prevention, click on the topics below.
Nutrition for Diabetes Prevention
Meet Sam Martin
Spotlight Topic for the Month of October - Quitting Tobacco
Finding your motivation is one of the keys to becoming smoke free. Start today and begin building your list of reasons to quit.
For more information on Quitting Tobacco, click on the topics below.
More Reasons to Quite Tobacco
Tobacco Cessation Program Options
Spotlight Topic for the Month of September - Prostate Cancer Prevention
Doctors cannot always explain why one person gets cancer and another does not. However, scientists have studied general patterns of cancer in the population to learn what things around us and what things we do in our lives may increase our chance of developing cancer.
For more information on Prostate Cancer Prevention, click on the topic below.
Prostate Cancer Prevention
Spotlight Topic for the Month of August - Care for Your Back
Even though back pain is such a common complaint, very few of us know how to prevent injury, avoid back stress and back pain.
For more information on Caring for Your Back, click on the topics below.
Back Pain
Quick Tips to a Healthier Back
Spotlight Topic for the Month of July – Overcoming Depression
Depression is an illness that causes a person to feel sad and hopeless much of the time. It is different from normal feelings of sadness, grief or low energy.
For more information on Overcoming Depression, click on the topics below.
What is Depression?
Meet Jen Davis.
Maintaining Emotional and Mental Vitality
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