If your student athlete needs a sports physical before getting back on the playing field this fall, South Shore Health Urgent Care has you covered.

While there has been a decline in colorectal cancer death rates in older adults for several decades, in people under age 50, colorectal cancer death rates have been on the rise since the mid-2000s, increasing by 2.4% annually. Mandeep Saund, MD, discusses risk factors, symptoms, treatments and the importance of screening in the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer.

If your child needs a sports or camp physical this spring, South Shore Health Urgent Care has you covered! All six of our offices provide pre-participation physical exams for students in grades K-12 for sports and camp activities, and walk-in care or convenient appointment scheduling is available.

Health Express is now South Shore Health Urgent Care. We’ve changed our name but not our commitment to providing seamless, high-quality urgent care for patients across the South Shore.

South Shore Health Urgent Care provider Benjamin Hixon, PA-C is in our Provider Spotlight! Hixon, who sees patients in South Shore Health Urgent Care's Kingston and Plymouth offices, explains how being part of South Shore Health benefits patients and providers.

Whether they are just starting freshman year, or heading back to campus as an upper classman, it’s important to have a plan for your student’s health care while at college.