In the United States' health care system, you can spend weeks or months anticipating a doctor's appointment, plus a few minutes or hours in the waiting room when the day comes. In ...

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Lucia Agajanian, a 25-year-old freelance film producer in Chicago, doesn’t have a specific primary care doctor, preferring the convenience of visiting a local clinic for flu shots or going online for ...

Many primary care practices allot time each day for patients with more pressing needs, so the first thing to do is to ask your regular doctor. But if you want to be seen right away for, say, a bad ...