MEDICAL: Are Annual Physical Exams Out-of-Date? The NY Times says, “Yes.” Blogfinger says, “No.”

MEDICAL: Are Annual Physical Exams Out-of-Date? The NY Times says, “Yes.” Blogfinger says, “No.”

By Paul Goldfinger, MD, FACC.  2020. (Re-post from 2012, but still valid.) In the N.Y. Times Sunday Review on June, 3, 2012, a physician presents an article entitled: “Let’s (Not)  Get Physicals.” The subtitle is: “We cling to the ritual of the annual exam, despite evidence that it isn’t needed.”   She is talking about the traditional yearly exam that many doctors recommend for people who seem to be healthy .  We are, of course, not talking abou…