{"id":4507,"date":"2019-01-09T19:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T19:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2024-05-09T03:33:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T03:33:07","slug":"benefits-of-an-annual-physical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/benefits-of-an-annual-physical\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of an Annual Physical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An annual exam is a good way of tracking your health progress.\u00a0 How would you categorize your commitment to getting an annual physical?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Yearly<\/li>\n<li>Bi-Yearly<\/li>\n<li>When I don&#8217;t feel good<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t do doctors<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Some of the benefits are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Primary prevention<\/li>\n<li>To identify risk factors for common chronic diseases<\/li>\n<li>To detect disease that has no apparent symptoms (secondary prevention)<\/li>\n<li>A way for the doctor to counsel people to promote healthy behavior<\/li>\n<li>To update clinical data since your last check-up<\/li>\n<li>To enhance the relationship between you and your doctor<\/li>\n<li>If you are interested in scheduling an exam, Flushing Hospital Medical Center&#8217;s Ambulatory Care Center is centrally located and has convenient hours.\u00a0 Call 718-670-5486 to schedule an appointment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An annual exam is a good way of tracking your health progress.\u00a0 How would you categorize your commitment to getting an annual physical? Yearly Bi-Yearly When I don&#8217;t feel good I don&#8217;t do doctors Some of the benefits are: Primary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/benefits-of-an-annual-physical\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,14,4],"tags":[1652,1653,1283,677,1654,1655],"class_list":["post-4507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-health","category-health","category-mens-health","category-womens-health","tag-annualphysical","tag-chronicdisease","tag-flushinghospital","tag-prevention","tag-symptoms","tag-yearly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4507"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8734,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507\/revisions\/8734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}