Watching TV? If you stand up and step in place during the commercials, you may burn as many calories as you would if you took a walk. Researchers had 23 men and women watch TV for one hour without moving and for a second hour while stepping in place during the commercials. They stepped at [...]
Author Archives: Atlantis Urgent Care
Minimize Wait Times Without Losing Your Place In Line
March 26, 2012 – 9:41 pm
There is never a convenient time to be sick or experience an injury, and at Atlantis Urgent Care, we understand that being a walk-in clinic can mean several people walk in all at once, which leads to longer wait times. We want to minimize the amount of time you have to spend waiting in [...]
Check your symptoms with the Symptom Checker by iTriage
February 17, 2012 – 3:17 pm
Check your symptoms with the Symptom Checker by iTriage. You can do a word search or use the avatar to quickly find possible causes and treatments for your symptoms. iTriage is also available as a mobile ap so you can find an urgent care when you are on vacation. Please visit http://www.itriagehealth.com/front_end/find_symptoms?query=&commit.
“Take 3” Actions To Fight The Flu
January 10, 2012 – 9:50 pm
Flu is a serious contagious disease that can lead to hospitalization and even death. The Center for Disease Control urges you to take the following actions to protect yourself and others from influenza (the flu): 1 Take time to get a flu vaccine. CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine as the first and most important [...]
How to Care for Acute Bronchitis
December 27, 2011 – 2:45 pm
Acute bronchitis affects the main air passages to the lungs. When these tubes become infected, they swell and mucus forms inside them. This makes it hard to breathe, causing coughing and wheezing. Acute bronchitis can be caused by an infection that starts with a cold or the flu or by smoking, allergies, and exposure to [...]
EASY TIPS FOR PLANNING A HEALTHY DIET AND STICKING TO IT
December 27, 2011 – 2:43 pm
Healthy eating is not about strict nutrition philosophies, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, and keeping yourself as healthy as possible– all of which can be achieved by learning some nutrition basics and using them in a way that works for you. [...]
What’s the Difference Between Urgent Care and Walk-In Clinics?
December 22, 2011 – 6:36 pm
Walk-in and urgent care clinics are being used more often instead of the emergency room or even a physician’s office. However, there is a difference between the two facilities and what they might offer. Walk-In Clinic Walk-in health care clinics were initially intended to serve the uninsured and underinsured, providing a more affordable option for basic [...]
Medicare Deductible for 2012
December 15, 2011 – 12:54 pm
Part A: (pays for inpatient hospital, skilled nursing facility, and some home health care) For each benefit period Medicare pays all covered costs except the Medicare Part A deductible (2012 = $1,156) during the first 60 days and coinsurance amounts for hospital stays that last beyond 60 days and no more than 150 days. For [...]
Flu Season is here!!!
December 15, 2011 – 12:30 pm
Flu Season is here, Flu prevention is an important thing to consider when you’re trying to stay healthy, especially during flu season. So how can you prevent the flu? Everyone 6 months of age and older should get a flu vaccine People at high risk of serious flu complications include young children, pregnant women, people [...]
About Urgent Care
December 14, 2011 – 5:53 pm
Urgent care centers provide walk-in, extended hour access for acute illness and injury care that is either beyond the scope or availability of the typical primary care practice or retail clinic. There are over 8,700 urgent care centers in the US. UCAOA now provides specific criteria for defining what an urgent care center is. Urgent [...]
