A routine physical examination ensures that you stay in good health. A physical can also be a preventive step. It allows you to catch up on vaccinations or detect a serious condition, like cancer or ...

Dear Dr. Roach: In your response to "R.J." in your column "In exams, doctors seem to have lost their touch," you missed an opportunity to educate the writer on the role of the physical examination.

Not every visit to a doctor requires a physical examination. A follow -up consultation to discuss the results of investigations is a case in point; similarly, a counselling session for a patient with ...

Back in May, I attended my first group physical exam at the Harvard Vanguard medical center in Watertown. It was a routine annual physical exam with my doctor – and five other women. I signed up out ...