June 13, 2015
Things men over 40 need to check
Consultant emergency physician at the University Hospital of the West Indies and an associate lecturer at the University of the West Indies Dr Romayne Edwards shared a checklist with Your Health Your Wealth of things men over 40 should check or have done.
Here is the checklist:
* Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) and digital rectal exam
* Cholesterol
* Body mass index (marker for obesity)
* Hypertension
* Diabetes mellitus
* Do colonoscopy
* Yearly physical
The physician said that for men under 40, a general annual check-up, once they have no chronic medical illness, should suffice.
What will you be checking next?