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What is urgent care? Urgent care facilities are similar to an emergency room, often smaller and commonly owned by doctors or a group of doctors working together (half of all urgent care centers are doctor-owned) to provide immediate, swift medical care, often outside of traditional doctors’ working hours. Urgent care hours often extend into the… Continue reading

Did you know that as you admire a stranger’s perfect smile, there’s a great likelihood that at least one of their teeth is a dental implant? It’s been estimated that as many as 3 million Americans have dental implants, with 500,000 more getting implants each year. Dental implant services have been increasingly sought by cosmetic… Continue reading

Chiropractic care is a growing industry. In the recent years people have begun to appreciate the art of the local chiropractor, migrating there for all their body pain. People used to visit their general practitioner for repetitive pain and body afflictions. However, the results of chiropractic services have spoken for themselves and a local chiropractor… Continue reading

Veterinary laser therapy has been studied on thousands of different animals since it was first recognized about forty years ago. Since then, medical lasers have been used in clinics to treat dogs, cats, horses, and a variety of other mammals. Laser therapy for pain is fast and effective. In fact, a typical veterinary laser therapy… Continue reading

Beauty is pain- and in the case of some procedures such as Botox, pain is beauty followed by muscle relaxation and a younger face. Changing your look in American culture has become an accepted part of life, from breast augmentation, laser hair removal, to Botox injections to lift up droopy facial lines. Americans spent roughly… Continue reading

Adult Americans are beginning to look for healthy options since a few startling facts have been released about Americans and eating habits. 52 pounds of sugar are consumed from soft drinks alone. That is one adult drinking 500 cans of soda in a year. A major problem for children and adolescents ages 2 andndash; 18… Continue reading

As America’s children get fatter, the country’s obesity crisis grows all the more rapidly. In fact, as of 2010, a survey reported that nearly one third of all children in the U.S. were overweight. When discussing child obesity, it is especially important to not keep the focus on aesthetics. We must teach our children that… Continue reading

When you think of orthopedic injuries and disorders such as tendon and ligament tears you may think of treatments such as resting, applying ice, pain medication or surgery. However, as medical technology becomes more sophisticated, orthopedic patients today may have other options in addition to the old standbys. Here is a breakdown of three of… Continue reading