Health and Wellness

What is asthma? What can you do to control asthma symptoms? Do you need to see how to use a metered-dose inhaler? If you’re struggling to control your or your child’s asthma, this site can help.

Here you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, asthma-related apps and helpful resources to answer your questions and help you take control. You’ll learn about things like making an asthma action plan, how to learn your asthma triggers and when to call the doctor. Find out what small steps you can take right now to help improve your quality of life.

What is asthma? What can you do to control asthma symptoms? Do you need to see how to use a metered-dose inhaler? If you’re struggling to control your or your child’s asthma, this site can help.

Here you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, asthma-related apps and helpful resources to answer your questions and help you take control. You’ll learn about things like making an asthma action plan, how to learn your asthma triggers and when to call the doctor. Find out what small steps you can take right now to help improve your quality of life.

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Staying healthy during flu season

Influenza, also known as the flu, can make you feel terrible. Having the flu can result in lost time at school, work, or with family and friends. But there are things you can do now to help keep the flu away:

• Get a flu vaccine, or shot, each year
• Wash your hands often
• Stay away from people who have the flu
• Eat more foods like fruits and veggies that can help protect you from the flu
• Drink more water
• Get more rest

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone six months and older, especially those at high risk of serious effects of the flu, get a flu shot every year. And if you’re age 65 or older, the CDC suggests getting a pneumonia vaccine as well.

When should you get a flu shot?

Try to get a flu shot as soon as the vaccine becomes available — or by the end of October, before the flu season even begins and reaches the place where you live. Even though the flu season usually peaks in January or later, this will give your body time to develop the antibodies needed to protect against the flu.

Where can you get a flu shot or more information?

• Your case manager can talk with you about flu shots and help you find where you can get the flu shot
• Your primary care primary care physician (PCP) will help you learn about flu shots and can provide them
• You can get the flu shot at any of our network pharmacies if you’re age 21 or older
• Your local health department will give you the flu shot

Remember to show your Anthem Medicaid ID card when you get the flu or pneumonia shots.

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What is diabetes? What are some ways you can control your blood sugar or manage your weight? How could you eat healthier and be more active? If these are some questions you have, this site can help.

Here you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, diabetes-related apps, and helpful resources to answer your questions and set health goals. You’ll learn about things like making changes in your lifestyle, important health care screenings, and when to call the doctor. Find out about small steps you can take right now to live life well with diabetes.

 

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What are some reasons you would like to have more energy or lose some weight? How would you benefit from changing your diet or being more active? If you want to take steps towards a healthier you, this site can help.

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What is heart disease? What can you do to reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke? Are you looking for ways to lower your cholesterol or control your high blood pressure? If so, this site can help.

Here you'll find useful tips, interactive tools, heart health-related apps and helpful resources to answer your questions and help you take control. You'll learn about things like making changes in your lifestyle, important health care screenings and when to call the doctor. Find out about small steps you can take to help improve your health.

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What health screenings do women need? How can you stay healthy if you’re pregnant or planning to get pregnant? What are your options for birth control? This site can help you find the answers you need.

Visit our Pregnancy and Women’s Health Page to learn more about:

• Women’s health information and resources
• Incentives and rewards programs
• Interactive tools
• Pregnancy and childbirth-related apps

Whether you are thinking about having a baby, pregnant, a new mom, or aren’t planning to have a baby, we can help you stay healthy.

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How is your use of alcohol or drugs affecting your daily life? Is it causing problems at work, at home or in your relationships? If so, it may be time to seek help. Addiction is a disease, just like diabetes or heart disease.

Here you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, addiction-related apps and helpful resources. You’ll learn about things like how to spot the signs of drug or alcohol addiction, treatment options and where to find support. This site can help you take steps to become alcohol and drug free.

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Why have you thought about quitting smoking, chewing or dipping? How much healthier would you be if you stopped using tobacco? How much money would you save? Making a change can be hard, but you can do it! This site can help.

Here you’ll find useful tips, interactive tools, tobacco cessation-related apps and helpful resources. You’ll learn about things like how to know if you’re ready to quit, steps you can take to help you break the habit and where to find support. You can be tobacco-free for good.

Kentucky residents also have access to free support and advice for quitting smoking through the Quit Now Kentucky program. If you want more information, choose one of the links below, or call 1-800-QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669) from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. ET (7 a.m. to midnight CT).

• Quit Now Flier English
• Quit Now Flier Spanish

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