by Social Joey | Feb 9, 2024 | Healthy Living, Urgent Care Clinic, Walk In Clinic
Can Kids Get Salmonella? Are you ever tempted to let your child pop a few grape tomatoes into their mouth, or let your child snack on that fresh carrot before you can get home to wash it? You may find the risk simply isn’t worth it. Young children are known for...
by Isaac Zefo | Jan 29, 2024 | Healthy Living
Why are my lungs burning? Experiencing a burning sensation in your lungs can be alarming, particularly when it comes hand in hand with difficulties in breathing or persistent coughing. While a strenuous workout in chilly weather may be a common cause, it is crucial to...
by Isaac Zefo | Jan 23, 2024 | Healthy Living
How Long Do Kidney Stones Last? Kidney stones are a prevalent and often painful condition that impacts nearly one in 10 Americans each year. While the experience can be challenging, knowledge about kidney stones, their symptoms, and potential treatment options is...
by Savannah Jones | Dec 26, 2023 | Family Health, Urgent Care Clinic
Can Humidifiers Help You From Getting the Flu? During this time of year, Ballantyne sees an influx of travelers, whether they’re visiting family or exploring the nearby Grayson Highlands State Park. The season is bustling with people wrapping up their holiday...
by Savannah Jones | Dec 15, 2023 | Healthy Living
A Guide to Boosting Vitamin D and Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) The holidays bring a lot of travellers through Ballantyne this time of year, whether to visit family or to venture out to the nearby Grayson Highlands State Park. It’s a busy time for...
by Social Joey | Nov 15, 2023 | Healthy Living
This is the question we all want the answer to! Staying healthy at this time of year is crucial so you don’t have to miss out on the fun family events, holiday traditions and quality time spent with your loved ones. However, with all of the different infections and...
by Social Joey | Nov 1, 2023 | Family Health, Urgent Care Clinic, Walk In Clinic
Respiratory infections are really common at this time of year. Since everyone is spending much more time indoors during the colder months, infections can easily pass from person to person and that can increase caseloads from November to April. There are many different...
by Social Joey | Oct 15, 2023 | Healthy Living
It’s that time of year again where we start encouraging our community to get vaccinated against the flu! Influenza has the potential to make you really sick, and high caseloads can have a huge impact on our community. Avoiding illness altogether is always the best...
by Social Joey | Oct 1, 2023 | Urgent Care Clinic, Walk In Clinic
There are so many ways that you can get sick these days that it can be really hard to tell what illness you have on your own. Colds, the flu and even COVID-19 can all cause similar symptoms, so getting a proper diagnosis is always recommended. We have a variety of...
by Social Joey | Sep 15, 2023 | Urgent Care Clinic, Walk In Clinic
We are so grateful that the height of the pandemic is currently behind us, but we can’t change the fact that COVID-19 is still in our community and will continue circulating and mutating into different strains. The different strains and outbreaks come in waves, and we...
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