It's a question asked often by healthy adults. This guide has been prepared by Camino Medical Group physicians to help you understand the need to schedule regular preventive medical care.

Health maintenance and disease prevention are high priorities at Camino Medical Group (CMG). Our Preventive Guidelines Task Force, comprised of primary care physicians and specialists, and health educators, reviews new information and regularly updates our recommendations regarding who needs which screening tests and when. We review controversies as they come up, examining the medical literature and the quality of the published evidence. CMG's Preventive Care Guidelines summarize the tests and evaluations we recommend for healthy individuals and how often they should be completed. Please review the pamphlet's section relevant for your age and gender.

A "health maintenance evaluation" includes

1) identifying risk factors in one's personal and family health history,

2) performing a focused exam as appropriate,

3) obtaining needed screening tests at the right intervals, and

4) encouraging people to choose healthy lifestyles to maximize their health.

This "checkup" can occur during an office visit devoted to health maintenance or may be covered during an office visit for other concerns.

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