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Simple Safety Guide for Public Skateparks: Keeping Yourself and Others out of Harm's Way
Skateboarding is growing in popularity again: It became an official Olympic sport in 2020, and the Tony Hawk Foundation estimates that...

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Jun 8, 20233 min read
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Understanding Urinary Tract Infections: Recognizing Symptoms and managing common risk factors.
Did you know that Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the second most common type of infection in the body? The urinary tract is the...

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Jun 5, 20233 min read
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Summer Sun Safety
Summers in Michigan are glorious, and we all tend to spend a lot more time outside during the next few months than at any other time of...

IEP Urgent Care
Jun 5, 20232 min read
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If you've been walking less lately, now is a good time to pick up the pace!
Daily walking is so good for our physical and mental health. Numerous studies show that even ten minutes of walking outside, and...

IEP Urgent Care
May 17, 20232 min read
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Are you up-to-date? Get your Bivalent Vaccine for COVID-19 at IEP Urgent Care
The FDA and CDC just updated its COVID-19 vaccine schedule. Now, to be considered up-to-date, everyone should have at least one bivalent...

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Apr 26, 20231 min read
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IEP Urgent Care now open in Ferndale, serving the Ferndale and Oak Park MI communities
IEP Urgent Care’s eighth location in metro Detroit is now open at 1111 W. Nine Mile Rd. in Ferndale. We provide a higher standard of...

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Apr 26, 20231 min read
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Now is the time to prepare for 2023 allergy season
For those of us who suffer with seasonal allergies, the spring season can be a miserable experience. For years, experts have advocated...

IEP Urgent Care
Mar 13, 20231 min read
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IEP Urgent Care salutes Ashley Griffin
Today we salute Ashley Griffin, front desk receptionist and medical assistant at IEP Urgent Care in Jackson for her outstanding customer...

IEP Urgent Care
Mar 10, 20231 min read
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Daylight Savings Time and the Battle for Sleep
Daylight savings time begins on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at 2:00am. The time moves ahead one hour, and our circadian rhythms will be...

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Mar 8, 20232 min read
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Three important ways to stay safe in cold weather
Winter in Michigan can be both glorious and treacherous. Here are three important ways to cope with the cold and avoid injury: Protect...

IEP Urgent Care
Feb 3, 20232 min read
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How to know when you need an X-ray
There is truth in the saying that your body will tell you when something isn’t right. If you or someone you love has taken a nasty fall...

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Jan 18, 20231 min read
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IEP Urgent Care salutes Meghan Boomhower
Today we salute IEP Urgent Care Grosse Pointe’s Meghan Boomhower PA-C. Meghan grew up in Grosse Pointe and is now part of the team...

IEP Urgent Care
Dec 20, 20221 min read
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Caring for cuts and burns around the house
Injuries can happen any time of year anywhere around the house. Here’s how to treat minor cuts and burns and how to know when it’s time...

IEP Urgent Care
Dec 20, 20222 min read
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Get your home ready for a safe and healthy holiday season
If you are planning to on hosting family and friends, there are several important things you can do now and on the day of your event to...

IEP Urgent Care
Dec 19, 20222 min read
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Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder is real. It’s that time of year again in Michigan, when the sun disappears for several months and some of us...

IEP Urgent Care
Nov 18, 20222 min read
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Keep your home safe – dispose of unneeded prescription drugs at Drug Takeback Day on Sat. October 29
Keep your home and family safe. Dispose of expired or unneeded prescription drugs at the annual DEA Drug Takeback Day, this Saturday,...

IEP Urgent Care
Oct 25, 20221 min read
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Breast Cancer Awareness month a good reminder to schedule exam
In honor of all the moms, wives, daughters, sisters, aunts, and best friends we’ve lost and with love and respect for all those who...

IEP Urgent Care
Oct 21, 20221 min read
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IEP Urgent Care has the latest COVID and flu vaccines. It's safe to get both at once.
As we resume our normal pre-COVID activities, it’s important to be up to date on your COVID vaccine in addition to getting a flu shot....

IEP Urgent Care
Oct 11, 20222 min read
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Get your child’s vaccination schedule back on track
Dr. Jacob Sinkoff, a member of the IEP Urgent Care team and ER Physician at Henry Ford Hospital Jackson was recently interviewed on JTV...

IEP Urgent Care
Sep 15, 20221 min read
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How to exercise like the longest living people on earth
Scientists have identified five areas in the world, so called “blue zones” where the longest living people live. The people who live in...

IEP Urgent Care
Aug 31, 20222 min read
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