Dr Michael Mol emphasizes the importance of annual medical check-ups for early disease detection, regardless of health status. He highlights the need to monitor vital numbers like blood pressure, blood glucose, weight, and waist circumference to proactively manage health and prevent non-communicable diseases.
Physician Dr Michael Mol says it is important for people to prioritise annual medical check-ups. Speaking in an interview on SABC, Mol says health check-up assists in early detection of“We should do it every year regardless of whether we feel good or bad. We should do it to know our numbers. Just because you are not sick does not mean that you are healthy. Health is not a default setting; it is something we need to proactively pursue and keep checking up on.
A report released by Statistics South Africa in 2023 looking at South Africa’s mortality rate during the period 2008-2018, revealed that deaths due to non-communicable diseases including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic lower respiratory diseases increased by 58,7% over the 20 years, from 103 428 in 1997 to 164 205 in 2018.
HEALTH CHECK-UPS DISEASE DETECTION NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES DIABETES
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