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August 2012

Excellent Service is Our Mission

(and People Notice)

Immediate Care was recently recognized by CBS Money Watch as a national leader in customer service - and we weren't even aware that the patient was a reporter! Offering the best in patient care is our everyday mission.
Click to read the full article.

We'd like to take this time to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend. But if you should need us, we'll be here for you. Western New York Immediate Care is open:

Saturday, September 1, 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 2, 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Monday, September 3, 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Congratulations, WNY Olympians

OlympicsThe 2012 London Summer Olympic Games were full of first-timers,  

close calls, sweet victories, bitter disappointments and world records. When it was all said and done, the  United States was well represented on the medal stand with a total of 101 medals won, which put the U.S. in first place in the medals race over China and Russia.

 

While we are proud of all of our athletes who went 'across the pond' to compete for our country, we want to give special recognition to our hometown Olympians who represented our great region.  Help WNY Immediate Care to congratulate our local, world class athletes.  

Serving Sizes Around the World
InfographicDid you know that a hot dog served in Philadelphia is 63% larger than a hot dog served in Paris? More than 1/3 of Americans are obese, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), which is most likely due to  our sedentary lifestyles, high-calorie foods and large servings.  It is important to remain conscious about what and how much we consume. 

 

Check out this infographic about how the U.S. 'sizes up' to the rest of the world.

 

Click for More Serving Size Facts (InsuranceQuotes.org)

WHAT'S NEW
THIS MONTH
Hometown Olympians
Serving Size Infographic
Heat Safety for the Practice Field
Six Ways to Sit Less
LOCATIONS
WESTERN NEW YORK
Buffalo 
2497 Delaware Ave.  
716.874.2273
 

Amherst

716.564.2273

 

Cheektowaga/Depew/Lancaster

716.684.2273

 

Orchard Park

716.675.3700   

 

Williamsville

7616 Transit Rd. 

716.204.2273

 

Greece

585.225.5252    

 

Webster 

1065 Ridge Rd. 
585.872.2273

 

AUSTIN, TEXAS

South Austin 

5000 W. Slaughter Lane
512.282.2273




Safety Tips for the Practice Field 
Heat SafetyDrive past nearly any high school this time of year and you're likely to see band kids in t-shirts and shorts practicing field show formations, and football and soccer players practicing their sports.

 

An annual report from the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research (NCCSIR) and says heat stroke has claimed the lives of 40 high school football players since 1995, with dozens of youth hospitalized annually because of illness related to the heat.

  

Click Here for 10 Tips to Keep Safe While Practicing in the Heat (HealthCareCommunication.com)   

Six Ways to Sit Less
Sitting Disease "We've become so sedentary that 30 minutes a day at the gym may not counteract the detrimental effects of 8, 9 or 10 hours of sitting," says Genevieve Healy, Ph.D., a research fellow at the Cancer Prevention Research Centre of the University of Queensland in Australia.

 

According to a poll by the Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Americans lead extremely sedentary lifestyles and it is killing us by way of significant health problems such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes.