{"id":3825,"date":"2016-11-30T18:30:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=3825"},"modified":"2024-05-09T03:34:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T03:34:04","slug":"3825","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/3825\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of an Annual Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A.\u00a0 Yearly<\/p>\n<p>B. Bi-Yearly<\/p>\n<p>C. When I don&#8217;t feel good<\/p>\n<p>D. I don&#8217;t do doctors<\/p>\n<p>An annual exam is a good way of tracking your health progress.\u00a0 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 betweenyou and your doctor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in scheduling an exam, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center&#8217;s Ambulatory Care Center is centrally located and has convenient hours.\u00a0 Call 718-206-7001 for an appointment.<\/p>\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>A.\u00a0 Yearly B. Bi-Yearly C. When I don&#8217;t feel good D. I don&#8217;t do doctors An annual exam is a good way of tracking your health progress.\u00a0 Some of the benefits are: Primary prevention To identify risk factors for common &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/3825\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,18,5,1,22,14,4],"tags":[742,739,740,741],"class_list":["post-3825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cardiology","category-diabetes","category-general-health","category-health","category-hypertension","category-mens-health","category-womens-health","tag-ambulatorycarecenter","tag-annualphysical","tag-doctor","tag-preventive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3825"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11057,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3825\/revisions\/11057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}