Jake Newby

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Health and Wellness
What is the Military Sleep Method?
Coverage
What is Virtual Dental Care?
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Coverage
Making Smart Choices for Future Health Costs: The Benefits of an HSA
Community
Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade Preview: What to Know About the Route, Parking, Tickets and More
Coverage
6 Ways Online Health Insurance Accounts Simplify Health Management for Seniors
How to Recover from a Cigarette Smoking Relapse
Health and Wellness
How to Recover from a Cigarette Smoking Relapse 
Prevention
What do Phishing Email Attempts Look Like? Keep Your Information Secure with These Tips
Prevention
Avalon Healing Center’s New Advanced Practice Provider Fills Need to Conduct Crucial Follow-Up Appointments with Survivors of Sexual Assault
Prevention
Why Do I Sweat While Sleeping?
Maternal Health
What to Eat Before a Gestational Diabetes Test
Coverage
What is a Point of Service, or POS, Health Plan?
Health and Wellness
Grand Rapids Family Watches 7-Year-Old Son with Down Syndrome ‘Flourish and Thrive’ After Unexpected Diagnosis at Birth
Prevention
What to Know About Male Breast Cancer
Mental Health
Why Misusing the Word ‘Triggered’ Can Be Harmful
Health and Wellness
What is the Connection Between ADHD and Anxiety Disorder?
Mental Health
The Science Behind Kindness: How it Helps You
Prevention
Understanding the Different Types of Breast Cancer
Community
Real Men Wear Pink: Uniting to Raise Support, Awareness of Breast Cancer
Community
National Coming Out Day: ‘I Realized That, At Long Last, I Could Be My Authentic Self’
Health and Wellness
Mental Health vs. Mental Illness
Community
First Step’s Improved Crisis Helpline Helps Pave the Way for Organization’s Much-Needed Second Domestic and Sexual Assault Shelter in Detroit
Prevention
‘Breaking the Cycle:’ Four Upper Peninsula Organizations Use Grant Funds to Help Their Communities Recover from Substance Use Disorder
Prevention
Davisburg Mom’s Fearless Transparency After Losing Son to Suicide Inspires Families to Discuss Teenage Mental Health
Prevention
Free COVID-19 Tests Now Available for Free Home Delivery 
Health and Wellness
Is Co-Sleeping Safe?
Health and Wellness
What If I Don’t Want to Be Prescribed Opioids? How to Discuss Opioids with Your Doctor
Dr. James Grant
Prevention
5 Questions I’d Never Leave My Annual Preventive Visit Without Asking
Health and Wellness
What is Red Light Therapy?
Health and Wellness
Are There Health Benefits to Using a Sauna?
Prevention
Can Shingles Increase Dementia Risk?
Prevention
What is Acute Chest Syndrome?
Community
Strong Foundations to Bold Action: 2024 Healthy Safety Net Symposium Highlights Ongoing Need to Bolster Services for Michigan’s Marginalized Populations
Prevention
Do I Have a Ragweed Allergy?
Mental Health
Muskegon Man Finds 'Purpose’ as Suicide Prevention Facilitator Following Suicide Attempt
Health and Wellness
When to Seek Crisis Care Services: BCBSM Medical Director of Behavioral Health Breaks Down Different Options
Community
'It Changed My Life:' Patients Supported by BCBSM’s Strengthening the Safety Net Program Discuss the Crucial Impact of Free Clinics
Health and Wellness
Best Diet for Gastroparesis
Prevention
Coffective Expands Warm Referral Network, Provides Crucial Maternal Support with Help from BCBSM Foundation
Health and Wellness
Can I Use Sunscreen If I Have Acne?
Health and Wellness
Six Sunglass Shopping Tips to Eye Before You Buy
Prevention
Mineral vs. Chemical Sunscreen
Health and Wellness
Tongue-Tie in Infants: How it Affects Feeding and When to Get Surgery
Health and Wellness
Teen HYPE Amplifies the Voices of Black Youth in Detroit Through Innovative Mental Health Programming
Health and Wellness
How to Stop Breastfeeding
Health and Wellness
Sleep Series: Should I Be Using a Pillow?
Prevention
BCBSM Foundation Helps Lighthouse Hire Full-Time Counselor to Address ‘Hidden Population’ of Oakland County Runaway Youth, Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Health and Wellness
Clarkston Teen Shows Courage in the Face of Rare Ewing Sarcoma Diagnosis 
Health and Wellness
Because of His Love Outreach’s Maternal and Paternal Support Groups Equip Detroit-Area Parents, Couples with Crucial Mental Health Tools and Tips 
Health and Wellness
Is Six Hours of Sleep Enough?
Physical Health
Can Your Eyes Get Sunburned?
Health and Wellness
Is Spicy Food Good for You?
Inclusion & Diversity
What is Culturally Congruent Mental Health Care?
Prevention
Can Bacteria in Your Reusable Water Bottle Make You Sick?
Prevention
‘It’s a Life Changing Event:’ Mission of Mercy Mobile Dental Clinic Provides Free Dental Services to the Underserved and Uninsured
Health and Wellness
Affirmations, AYA Youth Collective Receive BCBSM Foundation Funds to Provide Wraparound Services to At-Risk Youth, Members of the LGBTQ+ Community
Health and Wellness
Is Mouth Taping for Sleep Helpful or Harmful? 
Community
Ypsilanti's New West Willow Neighborhood Association Launches Breakthrough Intergenerational Programs That Lead to Renovation of West Willow Park
Health and Wellness
5 Ways to Create a Healthier Relationship with Your Phone
Prevention
Birmingham Man Spreads Men’s Health Month Message of Hope After Overcoming Two Bouts of Stage IV Cancer 30 Years Apart
Community
Older Gay Adult Credits Detroit Hannan Center’s Inclusive Mental Health Services, Intergenerational Community Programs with Helping Him Through Personal Struggles
Prevention
5 Healthy Habits to Start During Men’s Health Month
Health and Wellness
June is Men’s Health Month: What Can I Do?
Prevention
Port Huron Odyssey House Expands Substance Use Treatment Services for Pregnant and Postpartum Women with Help from the BCBSM Foundation
Community
Resources Aimed at Increasing Physical Activity, Addressing Mental Health Are Available Through 2024 Building Healthy Communities Program
Health and Wellness
10 Questions Seniors Should Ask Their Doctors
Inclusion & Diversity
Understanding Health Disparities Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Coverage
GLP-1 for Weight Loss: Study Shows Most Patients Drop Out of Treatment Plan Before Achieving Real Weight Loss Results
Prevention
Age Happens: Here’s What You Can Start Doing Today to Improve Your Health for the Future
Health and Wellness
What is a Sleep Divorce?
Community
2024 Downtown Detroit Grand Prix Guide: Everything You Need to Know
Health and Wellness
Understanding the Dangers of Self-Diagnosing Your Mental Health
Health and Wellness
What are the Differences Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder?
Health and Wellness
Leader Dogs for the Blind Teaches the Visually Impaired to Travel Safely and Independently at No Cost
Health and Wellness
Mental Health Awareness Month: What Can I Do?
Prevention
BCBSM Foundation awards $116,000 to Michigan Organizations Promoting Child Wellbeing and Preventing Abuse and Neglect Before it Happens
Community
‘I Like to be the Person That I Needed:’ YWCA Kalamazoo’s Community Health Worker Helps Reduce Black Maternal Health Disparities Through Resource Hub Project 
Coverage
Tips to Manage High Blood Pressure or Hypertension
Community
Bringing the Draft to Balduck: BCBSM, Detroit Football Legends Host Free Football Camp for Kids in Eastside Detroit
Prevention
Can Stress Cause Problems with My Gut?
Health and Wellness
Does the “Sleepy Girl Mocktail” Work?
Health and Wellness
Liver Function and Its Connection to Hormone Regulation
Coverage
‘It Was Lifechanging for Me:’ Blue Cross Coordinated Care℠ Program
Community
Parenting a Child with Autism: Finding Beauty & Defying Odds
Senior woman having headache and sinusitis, sitting in her living room
Health and Wellness
Sleeping Better with Allergies and Sinusitis
Community
University of Michigan Peer-Delivered Oral Health Intervention Educates and Facilitate Dental Care to People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Prevention
How to Safely Watch the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse 
Health and Wellness
Structural Inequities Contribute to Minority Health Risks
Community
‘This is His Favorite Place to Be:” Miracle League Makes Unforgettable Memories for Lake Orion Child with Special Needs and His Family
Prevention
April is an Opportunity to Become More Educated and Aware of Minority Health Month
A concerned Black woman reads a document.
Coverage
What is Health Care Fraud?
Is Colorectal Cancer Hereditary?
Health and Wellness
Is Colorectal Cancer Hereditary? 
Prevention
Chronic Kidney Disease Signs, Symptoms, Risk Factors and Tests
Prevention
Syphilis Cases in Michigan Are Surging. Here’s Why.
Female stepping onto an ominous looking scale
Health and Wellness
What is Visceral Fat?
Prevention
When and Why You Should Get a Colonoscopy
Prevention
Understanding Medical Tests for Kidney Disease
Health and Wellness
The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on the Teenage Brain
Health and Wellness
What are the Signs and Symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder?
How Too Much Sitting and Inactivity Impacts Mental Health 
Health and Wellness
How Too Much Sitting and Inactivity Impacts Mental Health 
Prevention
Rochester Hills Cancer Survivor Discovers the Importance of Family Health History Knowledge
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