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Just FYI, annual checkups are recommended, but certainly something that a lot of young people skip. A quick google shows that only around 60% of Americans see a
by dghlsakjg 4y ago
Just FYI, annual checkups are recommended, but certainly something that a lot of young people skip. A quick google shows that only around 60% of Americans see a doctor yearly.
The checkup also isn’t a battery of tests unless you are at an age or condition for that. For a healthy 20 something that goes it’s basically the doctor checking your blood pressure and asking if anything has changed.
- kurthr 4y agoYeah, that annual check-up is a 15min consult with maybe a blood test or a mail in colon cancer test even if you're 55+. Many people will completely ignore extreme signals of unhealthiness (pain, shortness of breath, trouble sleeping), because it's "normal" while another group simply can't believe they don't have some treatable disease to explain all their aliments. This research was about just cancer detection/treatment, but it's worrying that once they only mention correcting for smoking rates (umm duh, that's the least you need to do)... but then they don't mention weight... so weird?