When your child starts showing signs of persistent coughing, fatigue, or mild fever, it’s natural to worry. Walking pneumonia, a milder form of pneumonia, often catches parents off guard because its symptoms can seem deceptively manageable. Yet, addressing it promptly is crucial to ensure your child’s health doesn’t deteriorate. Deciding where to seek care can be challenging. While emergency rooms may seem like the obvious choice, they’re often overcrowded, expensive, and better suited for life-threatening…
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The Easiest Way to Prevent Getting Sick at the Holidays
Nobody wants to get sick around the holidays but it’s one of the most common times of the year to fall ill. Germs are everywhere whether visiting family has brought them from out of state or your coworker didn’t prepare their potluck dish with as much attentiveness as they should have. The easiest way to avoid getting sick is to go back to the basics. Wash your hands regularly with soap! Almost everybody doesn’t wash…
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Should I visit an urgent care center or the ER?
Learn when to choose urgent care over the ER. Discover common scenarios urgent care handles, like minor injuries and illnesses, to save time and money.
Are you vaccinated for your holiday vacation trip?
Many people take the holiday vacation as an opportunity to travel. Whether you’re going south to Mexico or much further, you may need vaccines. Different areas of the world have diseases native to their specific region. Since you didn’t grow up in that area, you likely have never been vaccinated for those diseases and additionally don’t have any natural immunity. You can be particularly susceptible to getting sick overseas, which will not only ruin your…
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Ready To Stop Smoking? Cessation and Strategies To Help You Live Your Best Life
Regular tobacco use can lead to nicotine dependence and long term health problems. Quitting smoking greatly reduces the risk of developing lung cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and erectile dysfunction. While quitting smoking seems like a daunting task and sometimes impossible, it is achievable. There are more former smokers today than current ones according to the CDC. In order to ensure the best chance possible to kick nicotine, UNI clinics are here to help. Research has…
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