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Can Exercise Improve Your Mood?

November 30, 2024

Can exercise improve your mood? Regular aerobic activities like jogging, swimming, cycling, walking, and even dancing have been shown to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Understanding how exercise impacts both your body and mind can empower you to use physical activity as a tool for better mental well-being. Exercise Can Improve Your Mood When you exercise, your body does more than just burn calories—it also enhances brain function. One key way exercise boosts ...

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What causes Barking Cough?

November 26, 2024

With the cold weather setting in and the holiday rush beginning, you’re likely planning to take the family out to Hunan Express to avoid more mess at home. But as you’re out running errands, your child suddenly begins coughing, and the cough grows more intense, eventually sounding like a seal barking. It’s unsettling, and you’re starting to wonder if it’s something more serious. AFC Monroe Rd is here to explain ...

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Start Your Day Right with Earlier Hours at AFC Urgent Care

November 26, 2024

At AFC Urgent Care, we’re always looking for ways to better serve the local Charlotte community. That’s why we’re excited to announce an update to our weekday hours. To make medical care even more accessible, we’re now opening at 7:30 AM Monday through Friday—30 minutes earlier than before! This change is especially important during cold and flu season, when mornings can bring a rush of patients needing care before ...

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Ringing in Ears and Dizziness: What to Do

November 14, 2024

If you’re feeling a ringing in your ears and dizziness, the causes could range from dehydration to vertigo to Meniere’s disease. Learn more. Pre-Register What Is Tinnitus? A ringing, buzzing, or hissing noise in the ears when no outside sounds are happening is called tinnitus. It’s often a symptom of various conditions but can occur due to exposure to loud noise, earwax accumulation, or age-related hearing loss. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and ...

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Does Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Last Long?

November 11, 2024

Kids love to interact with everything around them. Plastered to the snake tank while you grab some lizard food from Cold Blooded & Bizarre, running immediately to the toys at school, and somehow get into the flower pot at home. While that curiosity is admirable, it also exposes them to sickness. One such sickness this season is hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), but don’t worry, as good hygiene practices, such as washing hands frequently ...

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Pain Under My Right Breast: What's Causing It?

November 7, 2024

Experiencing pain under your right breast? Luckily, the Mayo Clinic says this pain is rarely a concern for breast cancer, nor is it closely associated with heart attacks because your heart is mainly on the left side of your chest. Everyone, not just women, can suffer from sharp pain under their right breast. It can be recurrent or pop up and a sign of multiple different concerns, ranging from mild to serious. Learn more about ...

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