Urgent care facilities represent one of the fastest growing industries in the American healthcare system today — and for a few good reasons. While it’s always a good idea to have family care physicians who can provide regular treatments and check-ups, it’s also a good idea to know the name and location of your closest… Continue reading
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Three Things You Should Not Do If You Have Seborrheic Dermatitis
All skin conditions can be difficult and stressful, but if you or a loved one has sebhorrheic dermatitis, you know exactly how challenging they can be. This common skin disorder, which causes red, greasy patches on oil-producing areas of the body, can be extremely embarrassing and uncomfortable. And unlike other prevalent skin problems, such as… Continue reading
Three Things to Look For When Looking For an OBGYN
Finding a doctor is a tough enough challenge without having to worry about a specialty, so you can imagine how difficult finding an OBGYN can be. Though it might seem like a daunting task, finding an OBGYN is far from impossible. Here’s what you can do. Ask Your Primary Care Physician For Some Referrals. Your… Continue reading
You Are What You Put on Your Skin
It’s long been said that you are what you eat, and the same can be said of what products are topically applied to your skin. Serving as the largest organ of the human body, your skin is porous and is able to absorb whatever is around or applied to it, this includes air, water, and… Continue reading
8 Tips for Eye Health
Maintaining the health of your eyes is important to your overall health, and getting regular checkups at the optometrist can help prevent common eye disorders. Each human eye weighs only a quarter of an ounce, and this small body part is the key to how we perceive the world. If you want to keep your… Continue reading
What’s the Difference Between Ovarian Cysts and Uterine Fibroids?
Though they’re often confused with each other, and sometimes even mistaken for the other, uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts are actually two different things. Here’s how, why, and what you need to know. Uterine Fibroids. Uterine fibroids, on the other hand, are actually tumors — which are typically benign — that arise in the uterus’s… Continue reading
Back Pain What You Should Know and How You Can Treat It
An underappreciated medical condition in the U.S., chronic pain affects more Americans that you would think. Chronic pain (back pain especially) affects millions of Americans, regardless of gender, age, race, or creed. For example, 20% of American adults claim that physical discomfort causes them to lose sleep a few times a week, if not more.… Continue reading
Three Terrifying Things You Didn’t Know About Hazardous Waste
Medical hazardous wastes are general and hospital wastes that threaten the public’s health, and the environment. Every year, more than 400 million tons — 800 billion pounds — of these chemical wastes and biohazard wastes are produced, and that’s not even the worst of it. Here are three facts about medical checmical wastes that will… Continue reading