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More Than Visits: How Your Primary Care Doctor and Long-Term Continuity Transform Your Health This year, I want to talk to you about something very simple that can quietly change your health story: your relationship with your primary care doctor. This is not about “getting a full physical every year just because.” It’s about something more powerful: having someone who knows you, walks with you, and helps you catch problems before they become crises. Summary: Large studies show general health checks in healthy adults do not reduce overall or cardiovascular mortality. But primary care does increase cancer screening, vaccination, and detection of conditions like hypertension and depression.

It’s not the “annual physical” that changes your health. It’s the relationship with primary care. 🩺
Having primary care is linked to more prevention, better chronic disease control, and less ER use.
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