College is an exciting time that’s full of change for young adults. Students are often fending for themselves for the first time and making many of their own decisions when it comes to their health. At first, it may be challenging to find healthy balances amidst this newfound freedom and increased responsibility – a student …
Urgent care facilities have been popping up all over the United States in recent years, and for good reason. It often takes days, or weeks, to get appointments with primary care doctors, and many Americans are choosing walk-in medical clinics over emergency rooms for less severe ailments and shorter wait times. Urgent care clinics typically …
Cold and flu season came in with a vengeance this year, hitting nearly the entire United States at the same time and breaking records left and right. The CDC has reported this year’s flu season as “widespread,” affecting 49 states, with 1 in 13 hospital visits being flu-related. Sadly, some of these record-breaking statistics …
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Injuries are all but inevitable in sports. They are so common, in fact, that we have names for them like ‘tennis elbow’ and ‘runner’s knee’. Sports injuries come in all shapes and sizes – keeping an athlete on the bench for a day or two, ending their career, or anywhere in between. Although most sports …
