Even if you eat a nutritious diet and work out consistently, you still need to take care of your health in other ways, like going to the doctor for a routine physical. During a physical exam, doctors ...

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 ...