By Paul Goldfinger, MD
As I have previously stated, an annual medical exam offers a number of advantages for patients including a careful physical examination by the physician. If he uses what he learned in med school rather than relying on expensive tests, he may pick up clues that will provide a diagnosis.
In this example, from my files when I was practicing medicine, is a case where a patient had a pain in his arm , and I solved the problem at no cost to the healthcare system (except for my fee, which was $8.75):
