The Cabell Huntington Hospital Family Urgent Care Center, just off the Fifth Street Exit of Interstate 64, is open to serve patients seven days a week. No appointments are ever necessary. The center ...

Urgent care centers are ideal if you need care for a minor medical issue or if you require other medical services like lab work and vaccinations. These centers are convenient and widely accessible.

When unexpected care needs arise, visiting the emergency room can feel like the easiest option. However, an unnecessary ER visit can cost extra time and money. Choosing the right care can help avoid ...

When Americans feel sick, they often face a choice: Try to make a doctor's appointment − and potentially wait days or weeks − or head to the closest urgent care or retail clinic to see a provider ...

If you need fast but non-emergency medical care, an urgent care clinic can be a great option. But what do they treat and how much does it cost? “Urgent care clinics are equipped to handle ...

If your primary care doctor isn’t available to assess your pain, or your symptoms are getting worse, urgent care can treat symptoms associated with a possible stomach ulcer. A burning sensation in the ...

One of the many great conveniences of urgent care clinics is that many have their own pharmacy, which eliminates the patient’s need to go to another location after a visit. One of the many great ...

The Cleveland Clinic, other area hospitals and pharmacies that run urgent cares and express clinics are part of a growing national trend, as younger people who lack a primary care doctor increasingly ...

Bill Wang is a research assistant in the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts. Ateev Mehrotra is an associate professor of health care policy and medicine ...