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I think it’s worth re-examining the necessity of the physical It’s a 100yr old practice started by life insurance companies in a time when a lot more people got messed up by diseases that just aren’t relevant anymore We need to unwind some of this belief that “more” is “better” with medicine — this might be a good place to start

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If you're 16-45 and your body does the things you want it to, you probably don't need a yearly. I'm in favor of well child checks because that is where autism, asthma, and a lot of other diseases can get caught early, plus keeping on the vaccine schedule (MMR, TDAP, Varicella, HIB, HPV are great, don't at me) At 45 (and in some, 35) the "silent killers" really start: hypertension, diabetes, colon cancer, etc. Women have the added fun of cervical cancer screening at younger ages (although expect this to change as more people get HPV vaccinated) A big issue is people thinking tests are harmless. Tests very frequently show things that are "abnormal" but will never cause a problem. Then we biopsy and cause real harm that was unnecessary. As a hospitalist/ICU doc I get to clean up the disaster side effects of "routine" biopsies gone wrong on a regular basis. Medicine is an art

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There is nothing more a rich person loves than gobs of pointless tests. Longevity clinic will advertise this explicitly. It’s frustrating because as you say it leads to overdx, stress, mess Your plan here seems pretty reasonable. I would be curious if we can find ways to be more efficient and innovative in preventative care once you hit 45+

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