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FAQ: Heart Disease

People talk about their hearts more than they realize. Sometimes it is theoretical, in terms of love and care, sometimes it is about their passions for others or challenging circumstances, other times they share vague details about their medical history or current issues they are facing. While Integrity Urgent Care Clinics are certainly invested in the first examples of discussions about the heart, we are probably better equipped to discuss the medical side of your heart, in particular by sharing information about heart disease.

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Lower Cholesterol with these Foods

A nutritional and health term that is frequently thrown around a lot is cholesterol, but our medical teams at Integrity Urgent Care hear a lot of questions and have to clarify a lot of confusion surrounding the term. Essentially, while there is good cholesterol that your body needs, many of us have an excess of bad cholesterol. This bad cholesterol can lead to many issues, including clogging arteries and decreasing heart function as well as damaging your liver. Fortunately, if you have been diagnosed with high cholesterol, or if you simply want to head off an issue before it arises, there are ways you can lower your cholesterol with your diet.

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8 Benefits of Regular Exercise

Exercise. Even for people who love to exercise, it can be hard to continue to be motivated to keep up a regular regiment of being active. Doctors almost universally agree, however, exercise is important for multiple aspects of your health. Those benefits extend far beyond just being able to run a mile or lift a certain amount of weight.

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Tips for Improving Your Health

Many of our family and friends have big goals for 2020 which involve big improvements in health and fitness. However, along the way, there are small ideas and tweaks that can make a big impact on feeling and looking better. Here are some of our tips to follow for improving your health this year.

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8 Diet Trends for 2020

For many, a new year means a number of new goals, including health and fitness related resolutions made. Paired right alongside those desired numbers and figures are new diet trends. Some work and some won’t, but here are eight diet trends for the new year.

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Start Your New Year Off Right

Here we are with a new year and a new decade upon us and we know many of our family, friends, and clients are wishing for a new start in various areas of their lives. While you can start a new goal or lifestyle at any time, there is something about the fresh page on a calendar that makes it easier for some. If you are looking to renew healthy habits, here are suggestions health experts have for where to start and how to reach your goals.

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First Aid Handbook: Holiday Decorating Injuries

Along with the extra hustle and bustle of the holidays comes an increased likelihood that injuries will occur. People are distracted, moving quickly, gathered together in closer quarters, and often times over caffeinated and loaded down with sugary treats. Integrity Urgent Care has a few ways to avoid some of the most common holiday injuries because, as much as we love our clients, we don’t want you to miss out on any time with family and friends!

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Healthy Christmas Treats

There are so many reasons to enjoy this time of year, sparkling lights, wonderful music and movies, and extra time with loved ones are just a few. With much of what we do in the weeks leading up to Christmas, and even the weeks after, there are a fair amount of treats and eating involved. It feels easy to overload at this time of year, but with a few tips in place, you can find a balance between a healthy lifestyle and celebration.

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12 First Aid Tips for Common Injuries – Part One

While we cannot walk around handing out medical degrees to just anyone, we recognize the effort parents put into caring for their kids, becoming compressed versions of nurses, doctors, medics, and technicians all at once. Some parents, especially those of kids who are accident prone, exceptionally adventurous, or have special needs of differing types, become health experts. Even if you aren’t at that point yet, in this two part series a few tips and tricks are offered to help you care for your kid if they are injured.

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Where to Go for 9 Common Health Emergencies

When parents decide to have kids, they take on a number of likely assumptions with that. They assume their time will be infringed upon, at least to some degree. They assume their budget will have some sort of redistribution that takes place. They understand they have a certain amount of responsibility for the child until they reach an age they can care for themselves. Along with these assumptions comes the prediction that, at some point, their child will have an injury or ailment. For some children, this occurrence is frequent. The real question many parents have is when and where to seek medical attention for these issues. With urgent care costing around 1/10th the price of an emergency room visit, according to a study by Cigna, the draw to urgent care is growing, but is it what is best? The guide below will help determine which path you may take for your family.

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