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Should You Get an Annual Health Checkup?

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Should You Get an Annual Health Checkup?
Annual check ups are a tradition in the modern world and yet this routine doctor visits offer lim- ited benefits and may pose additional risks, researchers find. Tina Staffieri
Michael Greger
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What are the risks and benefits of getting an annual checkup from your doctor?

Physicians and patients have come to expect the annual checkup as a routine part of care.
Michael Greger
Michael Greger
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Michael Greger, MD, FACLM, is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. He has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, testified before Congress, appeared on “The Dr. Oz Show” and “The Colbert Report,” and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous “meat defamation” trial. This article was originally published on NutritionFacts.org
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