Brace yourself. Cold and flu season is in full effect. It’s time for stuffy noses, the sniffles, and coughs loud enough to wake Sleeping Beauty to start plaguing the public. If you haven’t contracted either a cold or the flu yet, consider yourself lucky. But if you, like most people during this brutal time of year, came down with some sort of version of either, it’s likely that you sought some sort ...
Getting medicine when you need it in America isn’t too difficult most of the time. Knowing how and where to get your medicine and healthcare is important, though. While many still believe the Emergency Room to be the go-to destination for any injury suffered while primary care physicians are unavailable, it’s actually Urgent Care centers which are most effective when it comes to non-life threatening injuries. There are a few reasons for this ...
Not a lot of people know what level of care provided by community health clinics. Most people are still likely to admit themselves to an emergency room if they suffer a medical ailment. Rightly so, if the situation is an emergency. In less severe cases, people may schedule an appointment with their primary care physician, though the availability and operating hours of most primary care facilities limit people from going there during off hours. That ...
When it comes to your family, you only want the best possible care for them, but you also want care that is accessible and affordable. Urgent care centers are steadily growing in popularity, with about two clinics opening their doors every single day. By 2019, that means there will be about 15,000 centers! The reason they have been so successful is in part due to the convenience that families are finding in them. Here ...
Did you know that less than 30% of primary care physicians offer after-hours coverage? This can make it difficult for parents to get their kids an appointment, while also juggling their work schedule. Luckily, there’s urgent care. Aside from offering more convenient hours, almost 70% of urgent care centers boast waiting times of less than 20 minutes, much less than that of an emergency room. Here are just five medical issues children and young ...
According to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), children are the ones who need flu shots most. Federal health officials revealed that only four out of 10 babies in the U.S. between the ages of six and 23 months are getting vaccinated against the flu. The results were based on data analyzed from the 2011 and 2012 flu seasons. Between this current flu season and the 2002-2003 ...
The panic that sets in when you or a loved one gets into an accident or is stricken with a serious illness is more than enough to cloud anyone’s judgement. Unfortunately, finding medical care as quickly as possible is not always an easy task. Even for those who happen to get to a hospital on time, there is no guarantee that they won’t be sitting in line for hours, waiting for the next ...
After years of public notices and sex education classes, most people now understand the importance of sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing. However, this doesn’t make it any less nerve racking when waiting to hear results. Even getting in to see the doctor can end up being a painfully long and tense experience. When it comes time to get tested, some people may assume that the best place to go is a hospital. But waiting ...
With about two new urgent cares opening each day, by 2019 there will be 15,000 locations in the United States. These centers are known for providing emergency care, much of which people end up at the emergency room for. Many people don’t realize just how capable and fast the doctors at urgent care centers are. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 129.8 million individuals go to the ...
Vaccinations are one of the biggest public health innovations in history. Because of the myriad vaccines we have available, we have completely or nearly eliminated several devastating diseases, saving countless lives in the process. Diseases like measles, mumps, whooping cough and chickenpox can be debilitating, or even fatal. In order to keep your children — and other students— healthy, you must ensure their vaccinations are up-to-date before school starts. AFC Urgent Care is there for you ...
