NPR: annual check up https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=397319504 annual check up en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 02:41:14 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: annual check up https://www.npr.org/tags/397319504/annual-check-up Maybe You Should Skip That Annual Physical Americans spend billions of dollars every year on annual physicals. But there's little evidence that a yearly checkup helps healthy adults. Some doctors are telling patients to skip it. Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:24:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/04/06/397100748/maybe-you-should-skip-that-annual-physical https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/04/06/397100748/maybe-you-should-skip-that-annual-physical

Americans spend billions of dollars every year on annual physicals. But there's little evidence that a yearly checkup helps healthy adults. Some doctors are telling patients to skip it.

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