Despite all those nurses out there doing physical exams, "there was zero synergy, " McNamee recalls painfully.

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Before a single egg is cultivated, a donor must undergo a battery of psychological and physical exams.

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Impure placebos also include lab tests or physical exams that are given simply in order to reassure patients.

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Captains must undergo rigorous physical exams every six months and competency exams annually.

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The service includes features for doctors to record and review physical exams, medical history, visual images such as X-rays, and the like.

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The Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to cover preventive exams, such as mammograms, annual physical, and colonoscopies, but Watson says that is not enough to motivate people.

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To find out if executive exams give you value for the money, I signed up for a deluxe physical at CHLI.

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