Many Americans choose to go to hospital emergency rooms when they become injured or ill after their physician’s normal business hours. When these situations aren’t life-threatening, they can receive the quality care they need at a local urgent care facility instead. Currently, there are 20,000 physicians that practice Urgent Care Medicine, which is a growing…
Most adults don’t receive the recommended amount of daily exercise. In fact, only a third of us receive the right amount of activity each week. This avoidance to physical activity also seems to manifest itself when physicians recommend physical therapy. Physical therapy tends to get a bad rap. After illness, injury, or medical conditions cause…
It was a sudden trip to the closet of the towns urgent care facilities. But then again, most trips to urgent care facilities are sudden. You may wait two, three, or four hours before you go, but once you decide to make the trip it is often sudden. On this particular trip you were going…
If you’re considering placing a loved one in an assisted living establishment, you probably have a million and one questions constantly racing around your mind. Thus, you may pester others by asking “Are these facilities furnished?” and “What is a board and care home?” Thus, in order to break out of this complex cycle of…
No one wants to deal with excessive sweating armpits. The average person has a range of 2 to 4 million sweat glands in the body. Certain conditions are known to cause more sweating to occur than others. One reason armpit sweat is such a burden for many people is that it is hard to hide….
Employee turnover is one of the greatest expenses a company will be forced to deal with. The expense of turnover includes lost production, increased marketing, training, and more. According to one report, $11 billion is lost annually as a direct result of employee turnover. Further, nearly half of all millennials report, if given the opportunity,…
Keeping yourself healthy is one of the most difficult things to do. Regardless of how wonderful our diet is, whether we get the recommended amount of daily exercise, limit our exposure to toxins, and attempt to manage stress in a healthy way; illness can catch us when we least expect it. When you’re faced with…
Your digestive system needs enough vitamins to function properly. If you take the proper supplements to improve digestion, it can alleviate constipation, bloating, and improve your glucose tolerance. Also, if you suffer from heartburn, you may benefit from taking digestive enzyme supplements. Some of these digestive health supplements are good at removing toxins from the…
Have you ever had one of those conversations where you talk about everything, except what you really should be talking about? With your father you talk about the weather and the fact that last night’s storm brought as much as two inches of rain, but not about the eventual need for him to move into…
Some medical research studies across the nation are waiting on the latest decisions in Washington, D.C. to see if they will continue to receive funding. For while some medical research studies are funded by pharmaceutical companies, universities, and large corporations, others receive at least partial funding from government programs, some of which might be threatened…
