Family Medicine

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  Med Open Press

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  February 2026

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• Family Medicine

When Is the Right Time to Get a Health Checkup?

The right time to get a health checkup is not only when symptoms appear. Evidence-based preventive screening, timed according to age, risk profile, and life stage, can help detect hypertension, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, and other chronic conditions earlier—when intervention is more effective and outcomes may be better.