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Sorry, but annual physical exams for asymptomatic adults do not reduce mortality or morbidity and certainly do not "clearly reduce risk of complications down th
by astura 8y ago
Sorry, but annual physical exams for asymptomatic adults do not reduce mortality or morbidity and certainly do not "clearly reduce risk of complications down the road"
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/is-the-annual-physical-unnecessary/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/is-the-annual-physical-unne...
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/re-thinking-the-annual-physical/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/re-thinking-the-annual-phys...
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/questioning-the-annual-pelvic-exam/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/questioning-the-annual-pelv...
http://www.clinlabnavigator.com/questioning-the-value-of-the-annual-physical-exam.html http://www.clinlabnavigator.com/questioning-the-value-of-the...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK82767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK82767/
The idea of the "annual physical" in general is a little odd because there's no standard on what an annual physical actually entails. I've been to doctors that order every blood test under the sun and don't touch me AT ALL to doctors who order zero blood tests but feel up all my organs in detail.
- NotSammyHagar 8y agoyou need to go to both docs apparently, or find one who does both. So you are saying that detecting early that you have high cholesterol and treats it, or a doctor noting gastrointestinal problems and tells you to get a colonoscopy, or that you have a blood sugar problem noting early onset diabetes - none of these thing will save money long term?