Health experts are forecasting a potential “tripledemic” this fall with the flu, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV. Here is some information on how you can protect yourself from getting one (or more) of these viruses.
The best...
Beach Cities Health District is celebrating Active Aging Week October 2 - 6 at the Center for Health and Fitness with free workshops, lectures and community resources. Active Aging Week provides an opportunity for adults to take action toward...
Gallup is partnering with Beach Cities Health District to conduct an important study about well-being, conducting a short survey to understand more about people who live in the Beach Cities area.
Survey participants have been randomly selected...
After the physical distancing, constant Zoom meetings and screen-centric lifestyles we have gotten accustomed to during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us can use a thought tune-up for socializing in real life.
How exactly do we make small talk...
Loneliness isn’t just uncomfortable and unpleasant, it’s bad for our physical and mental health.
And loneliness has become so common — affecting at least half of all adults in the United States — that the U.S. Surgeon General considers it an...
Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) is happy to announce that we are re-launching the Brain Buddy program this month! To adhere to the California Health Mandate protocols, the program went on hiatus during the pandemic in order to protect our most...
Irma first heard about Beach Cities Health District’s (BCHD) Care Management program more than five years ago. While reading the BCHD LiveWell magazine that’s mailed to...
The Beach Cities Partnership for Youth Coalition and South Bay Families Connected hosted an in-person community forum that included a...
By: Christopher Bentajado, Medical Exercise Specialist
There are a multitude of reasons why one should...
For many of us, the holidays are a wonderful time, providing an opportunity to gather with loved ones, catch up with friends, take a look back as the year winds down and look forward with anticipation to the new year ahead.
Each of the previous...