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Alternative Health Options

Alternative Health Options

Alternative medicine involves all-natural and holistic type of treatment. It is often used to relieve the symptoms of certain health or mental illnesses. Individuals who are considering incorporating alternative therapy into their lives have several options to choose from. Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine in which small needles are inserted at specific locations […]


Health Care Habits Everyone Should Adopt: The Right Ways To Dispose of Unused Medicines

Health Care Habits Everyone Should Adopt: The Right Ways To Dispose of Unused Medicines

Today’s drugs can work miracles. There are pills and potions for almost everything that ails us. Thanks to the pharmaceutical breakthroughs science has afforded us, relief is often as close as our doctor’s office, or the neighborhood drug store. Health-care demands go beyond the patient, though. What happens when the “cure” is no longer needed? What is the proper way to dispose of unused medicines?


Pneumonia

Pneumonia

Urgent Care Medical Center Team Urges Residents to Guard Against Pneumonia With flu season and World Pneumonia Day on the horizon, our FirstCare Medical team felt that it was high time to have a serious discussion about lung infections. They are frequently caused by fungi, viruses and bacteria. Hudson Valley residents that contract the infections […]


Treating Heartburn

Treating Heartburn

Health Care Focus- Relieving Heartburn Symptoms Few things can interrupt a good nights sleep like acid indigestion and heartburn. It can come at any moment and seem to strike without warning. For some people this unpleasant experience is brought on by eating or drinking certain foods or certain quantities before bedtime. For others, the triggers […]


Treatments For Lyme Disease

Treatments For Lyme Disease

The most common vector borne illness in the United States is Lyme disease, with the majority of cases concentrated in 13 states including New York according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).