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Reviewed by: Frank Garber, NP and Katie Sanne, NP It’s recommended that adults get between seven and 8 hours of sleep a day. But sometimes this seems impossible — busy schedules, endless distractions and a million things to track in everyday life can make it hard to get the shut-eye you need. It’s no wonder […]

Reviewed by: Katie Sanne, FNP-C A lot can go wrong in modern life. Here at BestMed Urgent Care, we get a lot of phone calls from people who’ve had a  mishap and ask “Can you help, or should I go to the ER?” It’s a good idea to know the type of situation that calls […]

Reviewed by: Katie Sanne, FNP-C From chicken pox to tonsillitis, illnesses that are normally associated with childhood are something we just don’t think about when we’re adults. But most ailments don’t discriminate based on age — and can strike at any time. Pink eye is a miserable, itchy, annoying example. Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, is […]

Each year, we receive questions from parents who wonder why a sports physical is required for students to participate in extracurricular sports – especially when they had one just a year before. To some, it seems they’re just a piece of paper. But sports physicals offer a quick and easy way to check on your […]

Illness and injuries help at urgent care

When temperatures rise, we always see more patients arrive at our clinics with heat-related illnesses, including heat exhaustion, heat stroke, dehydration and severe sunburns. We’re happy to care for you, but our greatest wish is that you can avoid the need for medical help from the get-go. Follow these guidelines to stay healthy in the summer heat: