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Take Your Best Shot at the Flu

Would you give your right arm to avoid getting the flu? You can when you get a flu shot, the best way to protect yourself against the flu each fall. View a summary of UT SELECT benefits and Influenza vaccinations.

Retirement Corner

Five Steps For Surviving Market Volatility

Market volatility shot up to its highest level since 2002 as investors weighed the impact of ongoing financial and economic events. So what should you do now? The reality is that no investment is sheltered completely from losses. Read useful steps you can consider....

Wellness Wise

November is Diabetes Awareness Month

Nearly 21 million children and adults in the United States are living with diabetes, and another 54 million people are at risk. If the upward trend does not change, one in three Americans will develop diabetes in his or her lifetime. Read more about how to prevent and treat this disease as well as resources available to you as a UT SELECT member.

4,000 reasons to quit smoking

Did you know there are more than 4,000 individual chemicals that have been identified in tobacco and tobacco smoke? Among those are more than 60 chemicals that are known carcinogens (cancer-causing agents). Smoking is responsible for nearly one in five deaths in the United States. Pull out all the stops! Read more about resources and tools available to you as a UT SELECT member.

Healthy Recipes of the Month

Holiday Eating Tips for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the changing seasons, to reflect on the bounty of nature, and to sit down with family and/or friends to a table filled copious amounts of food. Learn how to prepare these easy and quick meals!

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