What You Need to Know About Eye Injuries

What You Need to Know About Eye Injuries

With the Holiday season upon us, kids are spotting new toys that they want. Whether its a new stuffed animal, action figure, or doll, there is always something catching their eye. Recently, though, a popular toy has come under scrutiny for it’s potential to...
5 Practical Flu Prevention Tips

5 Practical Flu Prevention Tips

With the cooler weather comes a season that every parent dreads: the flu season. It sneaks up on you and makes an attack when you least expect it. Germs are easier to spread during this season, as they are more resistant in cold weather. Time spent in spaces with lots...
How to Avoid a Trip to Urgent Care on Halloween

How to Avoid a Trip to Urgent Care on Halloween

While we’d love to see your kiddos dressed up as goblins and ghouls, if you’re walking through our doors on Halloween, you’re probably not here to go trick-or-treating. So we put together some Halloween safety tips to help keep you and your little ones out of urgent...
Do You Have the Flu, a Cold or Fall Allergies?

Do You Have the Flu, a Cold or Fall Allergies?

So you’re feeling run down. Maybe a bit sniffly and starting to cough. Flu season usually starts in October, so should you run to urgent care to get some Tamiflu before it gets too bad? Or is it that cold everyone was getting a couple weeks ago? Could just be fall...
Flu vs. Stomach Flu: What’s the Difference?

Flu vs. Stomach Flu: What’s the Difference?

People commonly use one word–“flu”—to describe two completely different medical conditions.  “Flu” is actually influenza while “stomach flu” can refer to a number of different viruses causing similar symptoms. The two illnesses are distinctly different, as is...