{"id":431226,"date":"2020-09-04T07:19:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T05:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=431226"},"modified":"2020-09-04T07:19:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T05:19:32","slug":"celebrating-women-take-charge-of-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/431226\/celebrating-women-take-charge-of-your-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating women &#8211; Take charge of your health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the Covid-19 pandemic when routine annual screening tests and check-ups may have lagged behind, women need to make their health a priority and take care of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>A medical aid makes quality healthcare accessible, and Medihelp wants to ensure that you make use of the benefits available to you. You deserve excellent care for mind and body.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health has highlighted some of the most common women\u2019s health issues, including cervical and breast cancer, and lifestyle diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medihelp.co.za\/advert?i=550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here for more information from Medihelp.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regular health screening tests can detect these potential problems early, prevent complications, and improve your quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>These include mammograms, pap smears, and combination tests measuring your blood glucose, cholesterol, BMI, and blood pressure.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Medihelp\u2019s benefits for women\u2019s health<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Medihelp offers added insured benefits to women across all its medical aid plans, including benefits for preventive care, routine screening and immunisation, as well as maternity benefits according to the coverage of your plan.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Preventive care benefits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Based on your medical aid plan, preventive care benefits for women\u2019s health include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pap smear<\/li>\n<li>A mammogram for women 40 years and older<\/li>\n<li>A bone mineral density test for women over 50<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Routine screening and immunisation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Based on your medical aid plan, added insured benefits also include routine screening and immunisation such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A combination test (blood glucose, cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure measurement) or an individual blood glucose or cholesterol test<\/li>\n<li>HIV testing<\/li>\n<li>A tetanus vaccine<\/li>\n<li>A flu vaccination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Enhanced maternity benefits on certain plans<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Medihelp offers additional insured benefits for mothers-to-be on certain plans, consisting of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12 antenatal and postnatal consultations per family with a midwife, GP, or gynaecologist<\/li>\n<li>Two 2D ultrasound scans per family<\/li>\n<li>Free registration on Medihelp\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medihelp.co.za\/plans\/healthprint?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_medium=Sponsored_Content&amp;utm_content=04_September_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HealthPrint<\/a><\/strong> pregnancy and baby programme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medihelp.co.za\/advert?i=550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Visit our website to compare the different benefits available across our plans.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>HealthPrint &#8211; Promoting your health and wellbeing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Medihelp\u2019s free health and wellness programme, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medihelp.co.za\/plans\/healthprint?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_medium=Sponsored_Content&amp;utm_content=04_September_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HealthPrint<\/a><\/strong>, gives you access to a detailed online record of your health data that you can update and share.<\/p>\n<p>You can also monitor your health, join a weight challenge, or join the HealthPrint baby programme where you can receive value upon reaching certain milestones in your pregnancy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Medihelp is celebrating 115 years in the medical aid industry, and we thank our members for making this possible. Your health is our top priority, and our medical aid plans provide the best healthcare cover for your unique needs. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medihelp.co.za\/join\/speak-to-an-adviser?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_medium=Sponsored_Content&amp;utm_content=04_September_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Speak to an accredited Medihelp adviser<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em> today to find the right Medihelp plan for you.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the current Covid-19 pandemic, women need to make their health a priority and take care of themselves. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":431232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[12352],"class_list":["post-431226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-medihelp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431230,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431226\/revisions\/431230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}