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PREMIERE
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SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2007
VOLUME I / ISSUE I
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June
Klinefelter & Judy Simpson watch the on-field action AT PETERS
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special
report
 Health
& Wellness - Could Clinics be an Answer?
Introduction
Starting Out in the Gym
To the Last Drop
Launching a weight-training program
Fitness Centers
A Healthy Self Image
Fit to Eat
The Path to Weight Control Bliss
Could Clinics be an Answer?
The Expanding
Drugstore Clinic Concept
Stomach ache after a
heavy work out? Shoulder pain (a possible muscle strain). You
need urgent medical attention without a sky-high bill. The
answer, many people are finding, is urgent care “lite”:
Doctors don’t like the concept. State officials are
occasionally hostile. But patients who want immediate medical
help for a flu shot, a fractured foot or a bronchial complaint
without the long wait can get themselves to a local drugstore
and see a practitioner or a nurse and there and then fill a
prescription. It takes less time and perhaps less money to visit
a clinic than a regular family physician.
According to the New
York Times, more than 700 clinics are operating around the
nation at drugstore chain stores, including Wal-Mart, CVS,
Walgreens and Rite Aid. With demand for primary care doctors
surpassing the supply in many parts of the country, the number
of these retail clinics in drugstores has exploded over the past
two years.
Patients have
flocked to the clinics. The average waiting time for an exam at
such clinics nationwide is 15 to 25 minutes, according to the
Convenient Care Association. The association estimates that 70
percent of clinic patients have health insurance and are using
the clinics because of convenience.
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features
Fiesta
of Festivals
From Oktoberfest to moonlit hay rides, the South Hills has it
all
Curtain
Time
Art and entertainment from the South Hills to Downtown
Pittsburgh
How
to Choose a College
Five questions you need to ask
Buying
a Used Car?
How to avoid getting taken for a ride
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