Ned specializes in sport specific training, speed specific training, speed conditioning, weight loss and continuing cardiac rehab patients. Please feel free to stop by the fitness desk and ask for Ned's assistance or just say hello. It's still early in the year and a good time to remind yourself that annual physicals and check ups should be scheduled. Carole Savan, MD, a Family Practice physician at the Akron General Community Health Center of Fairlawn, believes that the most important part of preventing health problems is maintaining good health habits and having the appropriate preventive screenings and checkups. Prevention is key.
Health screenings are also very important in preventing or minimizing disease.
Consult your doctor for a screening schedule appropriate for your age, gender and health and risk factors. Women should have a pap smear and pelvic exam every 1-3 years. Women should also know the risk factors for developing osteoporosis and get screenings as needed. Men should check for testicular cancer through a monthly testicular self-exam. Men over 50, or men over 40 with a family history of prostate cancer, should have a screening for prostate cancer every year.