Trucker Health
Our New Health & Wellness Programs
Irregular working hours, long durations away from home, and logistical difficulty attending appointments while on the road are some of the many factors that limit medical care for over-the-road drivers. Without early treatment, the risk of a disease or chronic...
November Health Observances: American Diabetes Month and National Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Lung cancer and diabetes complications consistently top the list of the many reasons OTR drivers are taken off the road. The St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund is working hard to reduce the rates of both lung cancer and diabetes through the Driven to Be Healthy...
Knowing Your Numbers: Cholesterol
September is National Cholesterol Education Month and an important time to make sure you know and understand your numbers. Even more importantly, now is the time to learn how you can reduce your risk for high cholesterol, or better manage your cholesterol levels if...
Vaccine Voucher Program
The St. Christopher Truckers Fund, thanks to sponsorship from OOIDA, offers free vaccine vouchers for uninsured over-the-road, Class A semi-truck drivers. These vaccine vouchers are available for pneumonia, shingles and flu vaccines to offer uninsured drivers a way to...
SCF Enhances Health & Wellness Programs
St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund Enhances Health & Wellness Programs to Better Serve Drivers and Increase Healthy Living Across the Trucking Industry “Driven to Be Healthy” initiatives now include a more flexible diabetes prevention program, free vaccinations,...
Self-Care
If you’ve ever taken a flight and listened to the safety spiel before takeoff, you know the importance of placing your own oxygen mask before helping others. But how often do we use this technique outside of an aircraft emergency? To be honest, probably not frequently...
Reducing the Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
Currently, an estimated 47 million people world-wide have Alzheimer’s Disease, and this estimate is expected to grow to over 76 million by 2023. While this drastic increase is partially a reflection on improved screening techniques to diagnosis Alzheimer’s earlier,...
Mental Health Awareness Month
Over-the-road truck drivers spend a significant amount of time on the road, often away from families and loved ones. The isolation and lack of social support, coupled with the demands of their jobs, can take a significant toll on their mental health. Additionally,...
The Four A’s of Stress Relief
April is National Stress Awareness Month and provides us with a chance to recognize the causes of stress in our lives, the negative impacts, but more importantly, an opportunity to better manage our health. A poll from the American Psychological Association in March...
SCF Launches Preventative Screenings Program for Drivers
The St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund (SCF) is proud to launch a new preventative health program called G.P.S.-Get Preventative Screenings (www.truckersfund.org/gps). We are pointing drivers in the right direction towards good health. We are excited to work with...
Love Your Heart – Don’t Be a Statistic
February is widely known to be the month that we celebrate Valentine’s Day but, more importantly, it is also National Heart Health Month. The Centers for Disease Control states that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, with one in four...
Surprising Causes of Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration
It’s been said that the eyes are the window to the soul. We depend on our eyes probably more than any other sense. In fact, the average person perceives approximately 80% of their impressions through their eyes. The months of January and February are dedicated to eye...
SCF Celebrates Continued Success of Rigs Without Cigs Program in support of the Great American Smokeout
Study shows smoking is still one of the greatest health challenges for the trucking industry KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – November 17, 2022 – The St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund (SCF) is pleased to share continued successful results of the trucking industry’s only smoking...
Can I Really Get Breast Cancer? It’s Not Just for Women.
You’ve probably seen the pink ribbons, T-shirts, and other paraphernalia while shopping in fuel stops and big box stores, but if you didn’t already know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 281,000...
Plantable Health Sets Out to Improve the Health of U.S. Truck Drivers Through the Launch of a New Dietary Intervention Program
New York, New York--- Plantable® Health Inc. (NEO: PLBL) (OTCQB: PLBLF) ("Plantable" or the "Company"), today announces the launch of The Road Athlete Challenge, fueled by Plantable ("The Challenge"), which is a dietary intervention program aimed to improve the health...
Are You Taking Care of the Largest Organ in Your Body?
Can you guess what the largest organ in the body is? It’s the skin! The skin, as an organ, includes our hair and nails. Here’s my question of the day: Are we taking care of the outside of our bodies as well as we take care of the inside? Maybe an even better question...
Eight Things You Can Do Anywhere to Reduce Stress and Anxiety
Stress is the body’s reaction to a threat. It is a demand placed on the body. It can be short term or chronic. Cancer.gov defines it as the body's response to physical, mental, or emotional pressure. Stress can cause actual chemical changes in a person’s body which...
SCF Celebrates Success Stories from First Ever Diabetes Prevention Program for Trucking Industry
Free program has resulted in 8 of the 12 drivers already achieving CDC-suggested 5 percent weight loss KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – September 21, 2021 – The St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund (SCF) is pleased to share successful results from the initial eight months of the...
Is Okra the Next Superfood?
Did you know that okra is not only good tasting (to a lot of people) but is also really good for you? Okra can be used as a thickening agent in recipes, help regulate blood sugar, and can also be healing to our gut. I know, I can hear you saying, “Yuck” or “Gross!” I...
Diabetes: The Silent Killer
Could you be one of the 38 million American adults with diabetes or 88 million Americans that are pre-diabetic and not know it? This month is American Diabetes Month, and we want to shine a spotlight on what has become one of the fastest growing health epidemics in...