From tackling your in-box to tossing expired meds, these little tweaks will refresh your health Ah, spring. The weather is warming up. It’s time to open those windows and start sprucing up around the house. Although many of us don’t think about it, it’s also a great time to spring clean your health. Check out [...]
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Keep Your Kids Sun Safe This Spring!
Ready to spend some time outside, now that the weather is warming up? Learn how to keep your kids sun safe. Most of us Midwesterners have been bundled up all winter. A day at the park or zoo can provide kids the kind of intermittent sun exposure that leads to sunburn. The amount of sunburn [...]
Living to Celebrate That First Birthday
Here’s a sobering statistic. Did you know that approximately 25,000 babies in the U.S. die annually before their first birthday? That’s a rate of 6.1 babies per 1,000 live births. Just released data, complied by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, reports that Indianapolis ranks near the bottom — 46th in the nation — in infant [...]
Take 5 minutes Today & Help Indy
Construction workers are transforming the land for HealthNet Northeast Health Center on Indy’s near east side into a sleek, two-story “medical home” that will significantly expand access to health care for some of the city’s low-income residents who are most in need. Yet even as welders and electricians prepare the building for its fall 2013 [...]
Could You Have Diabetes and Not Know It?
Here’s a statistic that bears repeating: an estimated 40 percent of adults with diabetes don’t know they have it. That’s 4 in 10 people with the disease who are not getting treatment that could prolong their life and protect them from many serious health problems, such as blindness, kidney failure, amputations, heart disease, and stroke. [...]
Keeping Indy Kids Healthy: Take the Sesame Street Quiz!
Can’t wait ‘til this weekend! That’s when Sesame Street Live performs its popular “Elmo Makes Music” show March 22-24 at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre. Did you grow up with Sesame Street? For more than 40 years, the program has been a staple in millions of households. It taught us the alphabet, brought [...]
Take the Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Child?
Do you know your children? Really know them? As parents, we sometimes are so busy taking care of our children that we lose track of some of the details of their lives. Take 5 minutes and test yourself with this 16-question quiz recommended by our Better Indy Babies and Healthy Families staff. It will help [...]
Win Tickets to Sesame Street Live at the Murat!
Sesame Street Live will perform its popular “Elmo Makes Music” show March 22-24 at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre. HealthNet, Entercom Communications and Sesame Street Live have partnered for this event to promote awareness of HealthNet’s Better Indy Babies and YOU have a chance to WIN 4 tickets to the show and 4 passes [...]
Eat Right – Your Way, Every Day!
Post Written by Karen Gough, R.D. March is National Nutrition Month and this year’s theme is: “Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day,” which encourages personalizing your own healthy eating style and recognizing food preferences, lifestyle, cultural and ethnic traditions and health concerns which all impact individual food choices. Remember: ALWAYS include the foods that you [...]
Mighty Mouth: Keeping Your Baby’s Teeth Healthy
Caring for young children’s teeth is an important part of keeping their bodies healthy—and it’s never too early to get started! Strong first or baby teeth set the stage for strong permanent teeth, and help children play, learn, and grow. In honor of Children’s Dental Health Awareness Month, here are some tips to keep [...]
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