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  • Saving Money Is Simple with Blue365

    Blogs: Saving Money Is Simple with Blue365

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team
    If you like saving money, check out Blue365®. You have lots of chances to save big with the free health and wellness discount program offered to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico (BCBSNM) members. Who Can Use Blue365? Any member of a...
    • May 28, 2025
  • Save Money on Health and Fitness Products with Blue365

    Blogs: Save Money on Health and Fitness Products with Blue365

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team
    If you’re looking for some great discounts on health-related products and services, check out the Blue365® program. It’s just one more advantage of being a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico member. You and your family can save...
    • May 27, 2025
  • Health Insurance Benefits and Pregnancy: The Basics

    Blogs: Health Insurance Benefits and Pregnancy: The Basics

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team
    Having a baby is life-changing. While babies are a blessing, they also cost money – even before they're born. That’s why it’s important to have health insurance before, during and after you become pregnant. Prenatal care is a vital ...
    • May 27, 2025
  • Obtén el mejor precio en tus recetas médicas

    Tu Cobertura: Obtén el mejor precio en tus recetas médicas

    EquipoConnect
    EquipoConnect
    Hay muchas cosas que debes saber cuándo se trata de obtener el medicamento que necesitas. ¿Cuánto va a costar? ¿Hay alguno que funcione igual de bien pero que cueste menos? ¿Importa a dónde voy para surtir mi...
    • May 16, 2025
  • ¿Estás embarazada? Consulta la siguiente lista de tareas para la maternidad

    Tu Salud: ¿Estás embarazada? Consulta la siguiente lista de tareas para la maternidad

    EquipoConnect
    EquipoConnect
    ¿Estás esperando un bebé? ¡Felicidades! Probablemente tienes muchas cosas en la mente y una lista de tareas pendientes. Por ejemplo, elegir el nombre del bebé y preparar su habitación son probablemente dos de ...
    • May 14, 2025
  • Mujer: Planifica para disfrutar una vida larga y saludable

    Tu Salud: Mujer: Planifica para disfrutar una vida larga y saludable

    EquipoConnect
    EquipoConnect
    Puedes hacer muchas cosas para estar saludable. Como asegurarte de programar las consultas médicas preventivas y hacerte los exámenes preventivos recomendados a tiempo que son una prioridad para disfrutar una vida larga y saludable. No...
    • May 13, 2025
  • Cómo cuidarte de los problemas médicos más comunes de los pies

    Tu Salud: Cómo cuidarte de los problemas médicos más comunes de los pies

    EquipoConnect
    EquipoConnect
    Existen muchos problemas médicos en los pies, algunos graves y otros fáciles de tratar en casa. Lo primordial es ocuparte de ellos antes de que empeoren. A continuación, presentamos algunos de los problemas médicos m&aacut...
    • May 9, 2025
  • One Simple Step for Better Health: Talk to Your Doctor

    Blogs: One Simple Step for Better Health: Talk to Your Doctor

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team
    If you could do just one thing to improve your health, you’d be interested, right? Especially if it didn’t cost you extra time or money. So what is it? Talking with your doctor. There are health benefits to having a primary doctor and mai...
    • May 8, 2025
  • Care for Your Mental Health Throughout Your Pregnancy

    Blogs: Care for Your Mental Health Throughout Your Pregnancy

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team
    Health care is important before, during and after pregnancy. And that means caring for your mind as well as your body. Mental health challenges can affect you throughout the perinatal period. This period begins before you get pregnant and extends thr...
    • May 8, 2025
  • How to Check Your Drug Coverage

    Blogs: How to Check Your Drug Coverage

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team
    When your doctor says you need a prescription drug, one of your first thoughts may be, “How much will it cost me?” It’s an important thing to know, and there are several ways to find out. You might think about checking with your doc...
    • May 8, 2025
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    Is Your Child Struggling with Mental Health Issues?

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team August 30, 2024
    Children have a lot on their minds. They’re always learning new things and facing challenges they’ve never handled before. You know your child best. You can support them now and in the future by showing them ways to build good ment...
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    ¿Sabes cómo mantenerte a salvo de los estafadores?

    EquipoConnect
    EquipoConnect August 30, 2024
    Los estafadores siempre buscan nuevas maneras de robar tu información personal y tu dinero. Por eso, es una buena idea desconfiar de los extraños para protegerte de las estafas. Probablemente, ya sabes que no debes abrir mensajes de tex...
    • 1189 Views
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    Have You Had Your Health Screenings This Year?

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team August 30, 2024
    Your annual wellness visit and health screenings play an important role in catching small health problems before they become big ones. Add your annual exam and health screenings to your to-do list to make sure they get done. If you still need so...
    • 2155 Views
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    Take Care of Yourself When You Take Care of Others

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team August 29, 2024
    Look around and you’re bound to see a lot of caregivers. In the U.S., one in three adults care for others. They may be caring for elderly parents, a sick spouse or disabled child. Being a caregiver can be stressful and demanding. It often lead.....
    • 1505 Views
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    Cómo un medicamento se convierte en genérico: mitos y verdades

    EquipoConnect
    EquipoConnect August 28, 2024
    Tomar un medicamento genérico no es como comprar un jabón de una marca genérica de una tienda específica. Con el jabón, es posible que notes algunas diferencias. Por ejemplo, puede oler diferente y es posible que te...
    • 3963 Views
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    Soap vs. Sanitizer: Is There a Hands-Down Winner for Getting Clean?

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team August 27, 2024
    Germs. They’re everywhere you don’t want them to be. You can’t see them, but they’re waiting. Germs are lurking on the handrail of every stairway you use. The same handrail a woman gripped right after coughing into her hand. N...
    • 2515 Views
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    Reaching Out Can Make You Feel Better

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team August 26, 2024
    Loneliness hurts. People often feel isolated or wish they had more friends. Those feelings happen to people of all ages, even if they are busy and spend time around people. Studies show relationships are key for overall wellbeing. People ...
    • 1947 Views
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    ¿Vapear es tan malo para tu salud como fumar?

    EquipoConnect
    EquipoConnect August 23, 2024
    Una de las peores cosas que puedes hacer por tus pulmones y tu salud en general es fumar. Pero muchos aún no saben que vapear también es peligroso. Aunque los expertos expresaron su preocupación desde el principio, no todos recib...
    • 972 Views
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    ¿Es un resfriado, alergia o COVID-19?

    EquipoConnect
    EquipoConnect August 22, 2024
    Si estás resfriado, estornudando, tosiendo o con dolor de garganta, puede ser difícil saber si son los síntomas de alergia, resfriado, gripe, COVID-19 o virus respiratorio sincitial (RSV, en inglés). Hasta que no sepas con...
    • 551 Views
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    COPD: When Lungs Break, the Heart Often Follows

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team August 22, 2024
    “To breathe is to live, and without breath there is no life.” The mantra is a basic tenet of yoga. Nothing is clearer for those who struggle to breathe. If you suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), every breath can be ...
    • 5730 Views
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    Your Doctor Helps Make Sure Your Services Are Covered

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team August 22, 2024
    Your doctors work closely with your health plan to ensure it covers the care they prescribe. As a smart health care consumer, it’s good to know about all the steps your care provider takes so you can get the most out of your health plan when yo....
    • 4780 Views
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    Ways to Fit In Fitness

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team August 21, 2024
    It isn’t hard to think up a reason to skip a workout. Many of us do it. If we find ourselves in a time crunch, exercise often gets the boot. Who has an extra hour to spend walking several miles, sweating in a gym or taking a yoga cl...
    • 4755 Views
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    Cuatro hispanos pioneros en la medicina que mejoraron nuestras vidas

    EquipoConnect
    EquipoConnect August 20, 2024
    Fueron pioneros, tomadores de riesgos y médicos dedicados decididos a aportar algo mejor al mundo, algo que transcendía más allá de sus atributos personales. Durante el Mes de la Herencia Hispana (del 15 de septiembre al 1...
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    Why Meningitis Travels Fast and How You Can Prevent It

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team August 19, 2024
    If you lived on campus during your college years, chances are your school required a meningitis vaccine. With good reason. The disease is common among children and young adults. Close contact in school classrooms, daycare centers and dorms are perfec...
    • 4236 Views
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    Compassionate Management: Nice Guys Finish First

    BCBSNM Connect Team
    BCBSNM Connect Team August 16, 2024
    They are questions parents and managers often ask. Is it better to be nice so people like you? Or does tough-love get more results? Are people more responsive when you demand respect and hard work? Most people think it’s better to be tough. Aft....
    • 1870 Views
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