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Summer Camp Physicals Are Only $20
April 8, 2017It’s the time of the year for summer camp physicals. If your child needs one you can come to Boca Regional Urgent Care and have it done for only $20. Please bring in any forms that are needed. No appointment needed.
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Flu is Back
March 24, 2017We have seen an uptick in the flu this week. It is influenza B and our patients with it have been feeling lousy. The hallmarks of the illness are fever and body aches. If you think you might have the flu there is medication that…
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Is there a link between getting a good night’s sleep and the ability to ward off winter ailments like bronchitis, colds and pneumonia?
February 14, 2017There’s plenty of evidence linking poor sleep to chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease, but remarkably few good clinical trials have looked at whether sleep is a bulwark against respiratory infections. One such study, published last September in the journal Sleep, reported that adults…
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The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast
February 7, 2017By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS NY Times The holiday season brings many joys and, unfortunately, many countervailing dietary pitfalls. Even the fittest and most disciplined of us can succumb, indulging in more fat and calories than at any other time of the year. The health consequences, if…
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A Tour de Force in the Fight Against Cancer
January 26, 2017The Lynn Cancer Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital is holding a “Tour de Fprce” in the fight against cancer. Please join them on World Cancer Day for an interactive, open-house event for cancer patients, their caregivers and the community-at-large. This Oncology Health Expo…
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Carbs During Workouts May Fend Off Colds
January 21, 2017Until recently, many scientists believed that exercise reduces the body’s ability to fight off infections. Past studies had found, for example, that after workouts, especially strenuous ones, people had fewer infection-fighting white blood cells in their bloodstreams than before working out, suggesting that their immune…
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Obesity Is Linked to at Least 13 Types of Cancer
January 19, 2017A review of more than a thousand studies has found solid evidence that being overweight or obese increases the risk for at least 13 types of cancer. The study was conducted by a working group of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of…
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Carbs During Workouts May Fend Off Colds
December 29, 2016By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS NYTimes Until recently, many scientists believed that exercise reduces the body’s ability to fight off infections. Past studies had found, for example, that after workouts, especially strenuous ones, people had fewer infection-fighting white blood cells in their bloodstreams than before working out, suggesting…
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How Meditation Changes the Brain and Body
December 6, 2016The benefits of mindfulness meditation, increasingly popular in recent years, are supposed to be many: reduced stress and risk for various diseases, improved well-being, a rewired brain. But the experimental bases to support these claims have been few. Supporters of the practice have relied on…
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Boca Regional Urgent Care Is A Drop Off Location For Toys For Tots
November 23, 2016Please bring in unwrapped new toys by December 15th