Annual "checkups" are not useful and may even be harmful.

[marionravenwood]

...In a series of reports that began in 1989 and is still continuing, an expert committee sponsored by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, an arm of the Department of Health and Human Services, found little support for many of the tests commonly included in a typical physical exam for symptomless people.I cannot tell you how

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[thewhiteowl]

My main reaction to the stupid woman in that story was 'What's wrong with socialised health care?'

Is a PAP test the same as a cervical smear?

[marionravenwood]

Yeah, same test, different name.

[thewhiteowl]

I can't see why anyone would want one!