Flu Shot: How to Stay Healthy This Early Winter Flu Season
The flu shot is a great way to prevent influenza—a contagious respiratory infection that impacts millions of Americans each year. Symptoms include fever, body aches, runny nose, coughing, sore throat and fatigue. While most cases of the flu are mild and people recover on their…
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Meningitis: What You Need to Know to Stay Safe at Any Age
Meningitis—inflammation of the brain and spinal cord—is a rare disease, but can happen even to otherwise young and healthy people, so it’s important to know the symptoms. Meningitis is a viral or bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the tissue surrounding the brain and spinal…
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Blood Cancer Awareness Month: How to Donate to Make a Difference
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month, a great time to consider how you can make a difference for people struggling to stay healthy with these difficult conditions. Organizations like the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society are doing a series of blood drives for patients, as well…
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World Hepatitis Day: Keeping Your Liver Healthy and Safe
World Hepatitis Day is a time to be informed about the potential risks and treatments for various types of hepatitis to keep your liver safe. Hepatitis refers to the harmful inflammation of the liver due to infection, and it can have several different viral causes….
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World Book Day 2019: Our Top Picks for Increasing Health Literacy
One of our favorite days here at Health IQ is World Book Day—not just because we promote health literacy, but also because reading is good for your mental health and happiness as well. Did you know reading for just six minutes a day can have…
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Health Equity: Leverage Your Health Literacy For Better Insurance Rates
At Health IQ we’ve identified a new asset class we call “health equity.” Just as homeowners can build equity over time, focusing on diet, exercise, and improving one’s health literacy can build health equity. Our “Health Literacy in the 50 States” report shows those with…
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Announcing The Health Literacy In The 50 States Report
Health IQ is committed to making the 21st century the century of personal health literacy. Just as reading literacy in the 20th century led to breathtaking advances across the globe, health literacy can dramatically improve lives in this century. The Health Literacy In The 50…
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