You keep meaning to schedule that check-up. Get back to the gym. Finally eat something green. But somehow, your health always ends up on tomorrow’s to-do list.Sound familiar?
“Procrastination is incredibly common when it comes to health,” says Michael O’Neill, MD, primary care provider with Hartford HealthCare Medical Group in Fairfield. “We tell ourselves it’s not urgent, that we’ll get to it later — until something forces us to act.”
So why do we keep putting it off? And more importantly, why shouldn’t we? Here’s what might be getting in your way. >> Read more
