Most doctors in a recent survey said that
annual physical examinations were effective with detecting illness 【M1】______
in apparently healthy patients, even there is little scientific evidence 【M2】______
to support the exams. The report found that physicians are largely unaware that 【M3】______
current federal government guidelines did not recommend annual exams for healthy adults
with symptoms. The study also suggested that in
performing annual physicals many physicians 【M4】______
routinely order screening tests that had not been
proved useful for patients with no symptoms. 【M5】______
Sixty-five percent of 783 physicians who completed a questionnaire maintained that【M6】______
an annual physical was necessary, and 55 percent believed that annual physicals for healthy
adults were recommended by national organizations. The researchers found that even
many a doctors who were aware of published
guidelines continued to perform. annual physicals, 【M7】______
because patients wanted them, or because
they believed the procedure gave them the chance 【M8】______
to offer advice about preventive health measures.
Among the physicians, those are younger, 【M9】______
the women, the gynecologists and those in private practice
were the most inclined ones to favor 【M10】______
annual exams.
【M1】