1. Is the information I am reading legitimate ?
2. What is Preventive Health Care ?
It's getting harder to know what is true online when it comes to health information. Articles with false or misleading claims can look just as real as those from trustworthy sources. Please see the following link to an article from the Mayo Clinic reference this.
Preventive Health Care (or Preventive Care or Preventative Care) refers to medical services and healthy lifestyle practices that aim to prevent disease, detect diseases early, and reduce health risks before serious problems develop. Some of the lifestyle practices that support this are diet and exercise, avoid smoking and excessive alcohol, use sunscreen, and manage stress. Medical services that might be included in Preventive Care are blood pressure checks, cholesterol screening, mammograms, colonoscopies, whole body MRI screening, and a comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP, extensive blood work).