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Self-Collecting COVID-19 PCR Test Kits Now Available
Blackbird Clinical Services is now offering COVID-19 PCR saliva test kits that can either be self-collected at home, at the workplace, or at our office. These kits offer an easy means of COVID 19 PCR testing without the general discomfort of nasal swab collection. Results are available within 24 -48 hours once the lab receives […]
Catching the Early Signs of Drug Abuse
Drug addiction often starts with experimental substance use in social settings or with a seemingly harmless prescription given after a medical procedure. No one starts out using drugs thinking they will become addicted and eventually have their health, relationships, jobs and home life turned upside down. But it happens! We read daily about the rampant […]
The Dangers of Vaping by Teenagers
Many middle and high schoolers believe that vaping (the use of e-cigarettes) is less harmful then smoking traditional cigarettes because they get the high from the nicotine, but not the tar and other carcinogens. This is true to a degree, but for young people there is substantial evidence that e-cigarette use can be highly addictive […]
Get a Flu Shot, If Not for You, Then for Them
Many of us balk at getting a flu shot each year for a number of reasons. We think we are healthy, so we don’t believe we need to be immunized; we think a flu shot will give us the flu (not true); or we just don’t take the time. In 2017 49% of adults and […]
Using Your Health Insurance Could Be Costing You More
In 2017, 84 percent of large employers offered high deductible health insurance plans to their employees and 35 percent of those companies only offered high deductible plans, based on a 2016 Kaiser/HRET survey. The trade-off for the lower premiums associated with these plans is substantially higher out-of-pocket costs that are incurred before a portion of […]