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Healthyroads.com to Begin New Year with New Look, Improved Functionality

SAN DIEGO (December 20, 2004) – Healthyroads.com, the award-winning, URAC-accredited health education Web site, unveiled a new look that gives visitors improved navigation, faster loading time, and easier access to their Healthyroads account.

Improvements to the site include a fresh design that caters to the ease of use of the visitor. Site features are better organized and easier to find, such as e-newsletters, health tips, and healthy recipes, among others. The Web site also boasts new tabs and side navigation; more user-friendly product summaries; and testimonials from existing Healthyroads members.

Visitors to the site will still find all of the high-quality products and services they’ve come to expect from Healthyroads, which received numerous industry awards since 2000, including the Best E-Commerce Site award from the World Wide Web Health Awards in 2003. Healthyroads.com is available to individuals who are members of Healthyroads through their employer group, or members of health plan benefit programs offering Healthyroads products.

My Store features more than 2,400 health and wellness products, ranging from vitamins and minerals, herbal remedies, and diet and sports nutrition products, to skin and body care products and yoga and fitness equipment. My Library contains more than 1,300 peer-reviewed articles on a wide variety of health topics. And My Health contains numerous online tools and trackers that help visitors assess their own health—and health risks. Numerous products are also available to help visitors manage their own health, whether it’s losing weight, quitting smoking, or ditching other dangerous lifestyle habits.

A unique feature of Healthyroads.com is the Provider Search. Visitors may use the Provider Search to find a chiropractor, acupuncturist, or other complementary health care provider in their area.

Healthyroads.com is the online resource of Healthyroads, Inc., which is a subsidiary of American Specialty Health, Inc., (ASH).

ASH is the nation’s leading specialty benefits organization for complementary health care, providing health benefits, health education, and affinity network programs to employer groups, trust funds, health plans, and insurance carriers nationwide. Based in San Diego, ASH has over 500 employees and more than 11.5 million members in benefit programs nationwide. ASH provides discount programs for more than 75 million members nationwide. For more information about ASH, please visit ASHCompanies.com.