If you’ve gone to see a doctor this year, you already know you can rely on your SCAN benefits when you need medical care. Are you also taking advantage of the many extra benefits in your SCAN plan that can help you be healthy?
Did you know hearing is directly linked to your overall health and well-being? Taking good care of your hearing can help your body and mind be their healthiest, too.
SCAN member Heidi B. says the handrails were installed in her family home a while ago when her father started having trouble getting up and down the two flights of stairs. But Heidi wasn’t holding on to those handrails two years ago as she carried a cat downstairs. Heidi was also in socks at the time, so when she missed the final stair, she slipped. She went down hard on her tailbone, then her leg. That instant, she says, changed her life.
Some foods have nutritional superpowers that can help lower your risk for disease and illness. Add these 10 superfoods to your diet to tap into their many powerful health benefits.
More than 33 million U.S. adults, or 17 percent of the population, have bladder issues, like urinary incontinence (UI).
Mental health is an essential part of overall wellness and deserves your attention.
If you’re a man looking to improve your health, you can start by answering these five questions.
A cancer diagnosis can be difficult to deal with. Knowing what to ask and who to turn to for support can help.
If you think you’re alone in feeling lonely, you’re not. Far from it, in fact. According to a U.S. Surgeon General report on social connection, as many as half of all Americans say they feel the same way.
Turn to your SCAN benefits for help with loneliness and its challenges.
SCAN member Dave J. lives alone in a mountain cabin he and his wife shared before she passed away three years ago. Without his own car, Dave rarely leaves home. Family members are far away; most of his friends are gone. At age 79, Dave would have little contact with the outside world if it wasn’t for the virtual meetings with a group of SCAN members every Friday morning.
If you’re a woman looking to improve your health, you can start by answering these five questions.
A patient portal at your medical group and your SCAN online member account are different in some ways and alike in others. But together, they give SCAN members a more clear and complete picture of their healthcare and more opportunity for better coordinated care.
