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The healthcare industry has evolved to include telehealth urgent care, an innovative technology that has made it easier for people worldwide to access healthcare virtually.  This medical service offers faster urgent care visits through virtual appointments, providing services from physical exams to diagnostics, which allows healthcare providers to connect with patients remotely, providing care, support, and information from a distance. This can be particularly beneficial for patients with mobility or transportation issues, with busy schedules ...

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Urgent care providers offer convenient, time-saving alternatives to visiting an emergency room for minor, non-life-threatening medical conditions. These healthcare centers typically have shorter wait times and offer services like X-rays, urgent treatment of colds and flu, sprains, strains, and fractures, on-site lab tests, and physicals. Urgent care centers provide efficient diagnoses of various health problems, ranging from minor to severe. Some are also equipped with on-site lab testing capabilities so that patients can get results ...

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A sinus infection, or sinusitis, is a frustrating ailment that causes a runny nose, congestion, swollen and/or itching eyes, a sore throat, headaches, and other symptoms. While there isn’t necessarily a quick sinus infection cure, there are certainly ways that you can ease your discomfort and speed up your recovery.  If you’re suffering from sinusitis, know that you aren’t alone; approximately 90% of patients with colds have an element of viral ...

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Local urgent care centers in Ladera Ranch, or family walk-in clinics, offer patients convenient and affordable urgent healthcare services. When you visit a family walk-in clinic, you can expect quick, quality care at a fraction of the cost of your local emergency room.  Emergency rooms tend to be very busy and crowded and are associated with longer waiting times and higher fees. By going to a walk-in doctor’s office for a non-life-threatening illness or injury ...

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What is an urgent care clinic? And how does it differ from the emergency room? When should you go to the emergency room, and when should you go to an urgent care center? Whatever questions you may have, AFC has the answers.    What Is An Urgent Care Clinic? Urgent care is the level of healthcare that lies between your primary care physician (PCP) and the emergency room. When you go to urgent care, you can ...

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SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY OVER. Now that school is back in session, creating a checklist for your child's return to school is essential as a parent. Things can get quite overwhelming from back-to-school physicals, vaccinations, and other health-related school needs. To make things easier, we've crafted a list to make going back to school easier. It's important to know that as children attended school from home, they had less exposure to germs and ...

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The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over the outbreak late last month. California declared a state of emergency over the Monkeypox Virus earlier this week, and now the United States has declared a national health emergency. As of August 5, 2022, the US has 7,102 confirmed cases, with 826 in California alone. Before we raise concern, it's vital that you understand the facts; what Monkeypox is, how it spreads, its ...

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It was bad enough you already had the flu once this season. But the good thing is you won't have to worry about getting it again, right? Wrong! Unfortunately, because there are different strains of the flu, you can catch the virus more than once in a given flu season. That's why our team at AFC Urgent Care Ladera Ranch wants to remind you of ways you can prevent the flu. Read on ...

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As more states legalize marijuana, its usage becomes less regulated. Is it more likely that employees may arrive to work impaired if drug use becomes more common? Does this risk the safety of your workplace and your other employees? In part, yes, it does. Your duty as an employer, human resources manager, or safety manager, regardless of your company's industry, is to keep your workplace and employees safe. To help with this, we've ...

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Does Your Child Need Pediatric Care in the Mission Viejo Area? Your youngster slips and falls in the kitchen, cutting their leg. Ouch! What are your plans? What are you going to do? Do you take them to the emergency room and make them wait for hours to see a doctor? Nope. At AFC Urgent Care Ladera Ranch, our board-certified clinicians at our Pediatric Urgent Care in Mission Viejo are equipped with the equipment and ...

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