"How often should I visit my doctor?" It's a question asked often by healthy adults. The Preventive Care Guidelines have been prepared by Camino Medical Group physicians to help you understand the need to schedule preventive medical care.

These are general guidelines, incorporating current research and the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Task Force; your physician or your health plan may have different recommendations and guidelines.

Persons at risk, because of personal health problems or family histories of health-threatening disease, should consult their personal physicians for an individualized health maintenance schedule.

Our guidelines will be updated as advances in medical knowledge change preventive health care recommendations.

Recommendations by age group:

• Birth to 18
  
• Age 19-39
  
• Age 40-49
  
• Age 50-75

Additional Material:

• Preventive Tests -- Information about common preventive tests.
  • Screening for Colorectal Cancer
    
  • Menopause
    
  • Prostate Specific Antigen Test (PSA)
• Visiting your doctor -- when should I see the doctor?
  
• Keeping your family healthy -- pointers for keeping your family well.
  
• Definitions of terms
  
• Preventive health for children -- school vaccination information.

Last reviewed: January 2008