Back in the day, there was a strong earthquake occurred in China. During that time, some experts brought up the idea of Triangle of Life, and claiming that "If

Back in the day, there was a strong earthquake occurred in China. During that time, some experts brought up the idea of Triangle of Life, and claiming that "If you found the Triangle of Life of building that you currently at during an earthquake, you'll likely survive it's collapse". Problem is, the Triangle of Life was "selected" by the building during the earthquake. That means whether or not you can "found it" is largely down to chance. The same thing is true for medical checkups. Because there are so many things occurring inside that biomass, whether or not a checkup can discover abnormality is largely down to educated chance. Here in our city, a full-body checkup in the city hospital costs around $2,000. It includes blood and urine test, MRI & X-Ray & B-Ultrasound scan for conditions that are common, cardio stuffs, endoscopy from both directions and a few others. But even that kind of test still has misses, so again, it's down to chance. On the other hand, when done correctly, checkups do have it's benefits. There are stories that I've heard claiming medical checkups (some full-body, some just good old regular) saved their life. So I guess you just have to manage your expectations, change it from "This will definitely help me" to "I'm playing a Whack 'em All that comes with a few risk factors all by itself". > Annual physical exams can “do more harm than good” There is a fun story: I had an endoscopy a long while back. In the middle of the operation, the doctor in charge decides to hand me over to a med student (which is a common practice in China's state/city funded hospitals during graduation months) who I assumed should just be there doing observational study among the other classmates. Long story short, that dude, has blown too many air into my colon and it was painful. But still, I was not in a "bled to death" situation, the doctor was quick to correct it, and he also kindly told me to "just fart it out". I hope the student learned something that day.