Health Beat - Annual Physicals with Dr. Schabbing

It is important to follow up with your doctor probably once a year for an annual physical. At these annual physicals you can discuss with your doctor the importance of certain screening tests for cancers. Those cancers could be cervical cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer. This is an opportunity for your doctor to screen for high BP, to talk to you about healthy lifestyles, and as we get older this is also a time to talk about immunizations that are important at that time, because children are not the only ones who need immunizations. It’s important for adults to be up-to-date on their tetanus boosters, pneumonia vaccines, their annual flu vaccine, shingles vaccine as we get older.