Marker check · 5 questions
Preventive care
Most of what kills people early — cancers, heart disease, diabetes — is far more survivable when caught at a screening than at symptoms. Colorectal and breast screening trials show 15–30% disease-specific mortality reductions; regular dental care tracks with cardiovascular health (gum disease and heart disease travel together). Chronic inflammatory disease is the sharpest case for treatment: rheumatoid arthritis carried ~47% excess mortality across fifty years of cohorts — mostly cardiovascular, driven by the inflammation itself — but under modern treat-to-target care that gap has closed to near the general population. Untreated chronic inflammation costs years; treated, it costs very few.
The research
- Zauber et al., NEJM 2012 — colonoscopy polypectomy, ~53% lower CRC mortality
- Independent UK Panel, Lancet 2012 — breast screening ~20% mortality reduction
- Sanz et al., J Clin Periodontol 2020 — periodontitis–CVD consensus
- CDC / Cochrane 2018 — influenza vaccination and severe-outcome reduction
- Dadoun et al., Joint Bone Spine 2013 — RA excess mortality ≈ +47% (SMR 1.47)
- Lacaille et al., Ann Rheum Dis 2017 — treated RA mortality ≈ general population
1. How often do you get a medical checkup?
Not answered2. Are you up to date on age-appropriate screenings?
Not answered3. How often do you see a dentist?
Not answered4. Are you up to date on flu and COVID vaccines?
Not answered5. Do you have a chronic inflammatory or autoimmune condition (rheumatoid arthritis, IBD, psoriasis, lupus)?
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