Category: Healthy Lifestyle
Discover new ways to improve your overall health and well-being with tips on nutrition, exercise and building healthy habits. There are a lot of benefits to an active, healthy lifestyle, from preventing disease to reducing stress.
8 ways to stick with exercise and a healthy diet at home
Do you find yourself ditching healthy habits when you’re at home, even if you didn’t intend to? Here’s how to stay on track.
5 min read | Healthy Lifestyle
Step up your pace with trail running: Five North Carolina trails for beginners
If you're used to running on pavement, you might be skeptical about trail running. The truth is, trail running is easier on your joints, burns more calories, and gets...
5 yoga poses to help you become more balanced and less stressed
Yoga is a great way to enhance mindfulness, flexibility and physical fitness. It can reduce anxiety and even help you sleep. Here are five poses that can help you...
The doctors thought it was pregnancy symptoms. It was something much worse.
Halfway through her twin pregnancy, Venelina Vateva received shocking news. Her cough, back pain, and nausea weren't pregnancy symptoms. They were cancer. Here she shares her moving story of...
Life at Blue Cross NC, Employee Spotlights, Health Conditions, Healthy Lifestyle
Lost your COVID-19 vaccination card? Here’s how to get a new one
COVID-19 vaccine cards are not laminated, do not easily fit in your wallet, and quickly become torn and unreadable. If you’re like me, you may even misplace it. Here's...
“I encourage every woman to commit to annual breast cancer testing”
In North Carolina, women have a one-in-eight lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. This past December, Blue Cross NC employee Jennifer Grady found out she was part of that...
How to tell fact from fiction with COVID-19 information
In the age of COVID-19, knowing the difference between facts and myths can save lives. Here's how to know whether you can trust the information you're seeing online...
The Facts about Falling
Falls can cause serious injuries, especially among the elderly. So it’s important to know the facts about fall-related injuries, what to do if you fall, and tips to prevent...
Exercises for people who hate to work out: 18 fun ideas to get moving
Not a gym person? Not excited by the idea of exercise in general? Certified personal trainer Michelle Rogers shares ideas to get yourself moving without feeling like you're doing...
5 fall hikes to help you regain your hiking groove
With cooler temps on the horizon and more people getting outdoors, hiking expert Joe Miller outlines 5 scenic trails to hike this fall...
Three things you need to know about breakthrough infections
Dr. Nguyen talks "breakthrough infections," or symptomatic COVID-19 cases in people who have been fully vaccinated...
