Oct 19, 2019 | Cholesterol, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Wellness
High cholesterol is nothing new; In fact, a recent discovery found that four-thousand-year-old mummies had cholesterol buildup in their arteries, suggesting that heart disease was likely more common in ancient times than once thought. Today, more than 35 million...
Oct 6, 2019 | Announcements, Compliance, Consumer-driven Health Plans, Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), MedBen Access, MedBen WellLiving, Mobile App, News, Online Services, Prescription, Wellness
MedBen clients can now get detailed information about their health care coverage direct to their mobile device! Just search for “MedBen” in the iTunes or Google Play app store and download MedBen Access Mobile to your smartphone or tablet. When you log in, you’ll see...
Oct 2, 2019 | Cancer, MedBen WellLiving, Wellness
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American males, yet the question of whether or not men should be screened for the disease is surprisingly controversial. Some medical associations believe that potential testing risks, such as false...
Sep 17, 2019 | Client Services, Online Services, Telemedicine, Wellness
Whether you’re feeling sick at work, or wake up ill during the middle of the night, the last thing you want to worry about is trying to make it to an appointment with your family physician (or worse, to the emergency room because no other facility is open in the...
Sep 15, 2019 | MedBen WellLiving, Wellness
Traditional wellness programs that are still marketed today are falling short of achieving desired results. An article reported the study revealed that “employees working at sites offering the [wellness] program did not have better clinical measures of health such as...
Sep 3, 2019 | Heart, MedBen WellLiving, Preventive Care, Research, Stroke, Wellness
A recent study shows that women are less likely than men to take statins, a medication commonly used to lower cholesterol, which reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke. The study states that “Women and men had different beliefs about the role of statins… Women...
