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Health checks you need

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Doctors can check your body to make sure everything is working well. Health checks like this help you stay healthy.

Health checks you can get include:

  • blood tests to see if you body is working well
  • cancer checks for your bowel
  • cancer checks for your breasts and your if you are a woman or are a person with a cervix
  • hearing and eyesight checks
  • weight checks
  • bone health checks
  • thinking and memory checks.

Getting these health checks is called preventive health care.