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Signs and Symptoms of the Flu
Last week, we talked about the importance of getting your annual flu shot. This week, we’ll talk about what the flu can do to us. But first, a reminder: Flu shots are available at CareWell Urgent Care...
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What is an urgent care center?
What is an urgent care center? That’s a great question. The short answer is that an urgent care center provides immediate care for non-life threatening injuries—such as ankle sprains and wounds...
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Welcoming Urgent Care To Cape Cod
This past weekend, we marked the opening of Carewell’s Dennis Urgent Care Center with a dedication ceremony and Open House. We welcomed about 50 area residents who toured our facilities, met our staff,...
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Care for ghosts and goblins
Halloween takes place this week. With some common sense precautions, you and your children will increase the likelihood of staying safe amid the candied, costumed merriment. Several federal agencies...
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Urgent Care Can Help You Breathe Easier
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows your bronchial airways. If you are experiencing a flare up, you may hear a whistling sound when you breathe. You may also experience tightness...
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Don’t rely too heavily on over-the-counter pain meds
Got a headache? Achy joints? A sore back? Think twice before regularly managing your pain with ibuprofen or acetaminophen. A recent study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and published in...
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5 Tips for a Healthy Thanksgiving
If there is one day each year when we know we are likely to over-indulge at dinner, it is Thanksgiving. With turkey, squash, potatoes, pumpkin pie, and so much more on the table, it can be hard to...
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Three tips for managing holiday stress
Thanksgiving is behind us, but we’re now on a quick six-week spin to the end of the year. Our days will be filled with work, travel, shopping, cleaning, entertaining, and, if we’re not careful, the...
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Your option for urgent care in Warwick
On Friday, December 7, 2012, we marked the opening of the CareWell Urgent Care Center in Warwick with a dedication ceremony and open house. We welcomed about 25 area residents who toured our...
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Dealing with grief
Many of us have reacted to the tragedy out of Newtown, Connecticut with shock and grief. The news has hit many people without direct connections to Newtown unexpectedly hard, and it has been difficult...
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Stay Well in 2013!
The doctors, nurses, and staff of CareWell Urgent Care wish you a Happy New Year and hope you Stay Well in 2013! It’s not too late to get a flu shot to help you Stay Well, even though flu season is...
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Urgent Care centers are a part of the health care solution
Last week, an Op-Ed by CareWell’s CEO detailing how urgent care centers are an important part of the national challenge to lower health care costs and raise the quality of care was published in the...
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2013 Flu Epidemic
Last week, the United States Centers for Disease Control announced that the flu has officially reached epidemic proportions in the United States. (If you’re interested, you can read a transcript of the...
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Preventing injury from a fall
In the glut of coverage of this week’s presidential inauguration came a report that TV news icon Barbara Walters was hospitalized after tripping and tumbling down a flight of stairs while attending...
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Shoveling safely
With another winter storm set to come in, it’s worth thinking about shoveling safety. But first, the good news. A 1996 Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity and Health found that just 15...
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Everything you wanted to know about urgent care but were afraid to ask
Urgent care centers have been a part of the US health care system for three decades. There are an estimated 4,000 to 9,000 urgent care facilities operating nationally and together they see between...
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Storm survival tips
We hope that all who were impacted by Nemo, the blizzard that blanketed the Northeast with several feet of snow, are safe and sound. But the storm—which came only months after Hurricane Sandy hit the...
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When Salmonella strikes
Last week, the CDC reported on its investigation into an outbreak of Salmonella poisoning in 12 states. Since June of 2012, a total of 124 people have been infected, with most of the victims living in...
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Keeping your heart healthy
The bags of candy hearts are half-price at the drugstore, the roses are wilting and the greeting card aisle has turned its attention to Easter and Passover. Yes, another Valentine’s Day has come and...
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The promise of quality, convenient health care
“Today’s needs are today’s need and they need to be addressed today, not three weeks from today at your doctor’s convenience,” said CareWell Urgent Care Staff Physician Dr. Jacquelyn Lamb at an Open...
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