While physician training may be slow to catch up to the obesity epidemic, there are existing techniques clinicians can use to adapt the physical exam to the 'new normal' of men weighing in at 195 ...

For a generally healthy 85-year-old, the physical exam could reasonably be limited to blood pressure measurement and assessment of the body mass index.” ‘An unstoppable cascade’ ...

Female Physical Exam. An annual exam for women or those assigned female at birth might include: Breast exam. Feeling for abnormal lumps may detect breast cancer or benign breast conditions. The ...

Research has shown that patients expect a physical exam. ... Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Not on the Doctor’s Checklist, but Touch Matters. Order Reprints ...