{"id":9205,"date":"2022-01-05T16:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T16:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=9205"},"modified":"2022-01-05T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T16:30:23","slug":"have-you-had-your-annual-medical-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/have-you-had-your-annual-medical-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Had Your Annual Medical Exam ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1297604613.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1297604613.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9209\" width=\"284\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>An annual medical 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 between you and your doctor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in scheduling an exam, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center\u2019s Ambulatory Care Center is centrally located and has convenient hours.\u00a0 Call 718-206-7001 for an appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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>An annual medical exam is a good way of tracking your health progress.\u00a0 Some of the benefits are: Primary prevention To identify risk factors for common chronic diseases To detect disease that has no apparent symptoms (secondary prevention) A way &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/have-you-had-your-annual-medical-exam\/\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9205","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9205"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9212,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9205\/revisions\/9212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}