As a physician, my beliefs about the annual doctor’s visit might be blasphemous. I sometimes wonder whether these encounters are useful. Sympathetically, Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, a professor of health care ...
The Society for General Internal Medicine put annual physicals on a list of things doctors should avoid for healthy adults. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) It’s a warm afternoon in Miami, and 35-year-old ...
Is your annual physical a waste of time? A growing number of physicians say the value of a yearly physical depends in part on your age and health history, and that some young, healthy patients can ...