Ever asked yourself?

• What are risk factors for developing diabetes?
  
• What causes this burning sensation in my feet?
  
• What’s the difference between strep throat and a sore throat?
  
• Are tanning beds safer than sun tanning?
  
• Do genital warts cause cervical cancer?

Find the answers
Blue Access is a comprehensive health resource where you can find answers to these questions and much more. Just log on to Blue Access for Members at the BlueCross BlueShield of Texas Web site: www.bcbstx.com.
Click on Personal Health Manager at the bottom right of the screen. It’s your gateway to all kinds of health information and answers to your health questions.

What will you buy with your free $50 gift card?
You can get a $50 gift card to Academy by taking the Health Risk Assessment and authorizing its release to BCBSTX.
Here’s what some city employees got with their $50.

• A great pair of running shoes – Roland Bienvenu.
  
• School clothes for my children and an exercise mat for myself – Itanya Guliex.
  
• New shoes and soccer gear for my two boys – Estela Cortes.
  
• Two Hawaiian shirts – Joe Little.
  
• Great walking shoes for $30 instead of $80 – Helen Murphy.
  
• I bought my kids shoes for school – Gloria Recio.
  
• Workout apparel so I can look good at the Y – Margaret Baptiste.
  
• The cross-crunch abs machine, two eight-pound dumbbells, a blazer and a shirt! – Shantel Atkins.
  
• A great pair of tennis shoes – Evelyn Williams.
  
• Athletic wear – Shirley Glover.
  
• Walking shoes for my exercise routine – Ruth Carroll.
  

Take your HRA, OK its release to BCBSTX, and you’ll have your gift card in less than eight weeks.