Gentlemen, your truck gets an oil change every few thousand miles. Why not give your body the same respect? A simple yearly visit can add healthy years to your life.
1. Quick Vital Checks
- Blood pressure, pulse, BMI, and waist size (ab fat predicts heart risk better than weight).
- Vision and hearing screening if you’ve noticed any changes.
2. Key Labs & Screens
- Cholesterol & A1C: Heart and diabetes early-warning system.
- PSA Talk: Discuss prostate cancer risk. Start at 45–50, sooner if family history or you’re Black.
- Colon Cancer Test: Stool FIT kit or colonoscopy beginning at 45.
3. Lifestyle Tune-Up
- Activity Audit: Are you hitting 150 min a week of movement?
- Diet Recall: Simple swaps, brown rice for white, olive oil for butter can drop bad cholesterol fast.
- Mental Health Check: Stress, sleep, mood—because strength isn’t silence.
4. Vaccines & Medication Review
- Flu, Tdap booster, shingles, or pneumonia based on age.
- Quick look at supplements and meds to nix dangerous overlaps.
Give yourself (and your family) peace of mind. Schedule your annual men’s exam today.
