Article in English: General health maintenance and an emphasis on wellness will help you take control of your health. Tell your doctor that you would  like to schedule a health maintenance examination in order to assess your risks for certain disease.  This is especially important for people of older age, gay men and women, pregnant women, people with cancer, and those that have diabetes. In advance of your appointment, consider preparing by doing the following:   Write down your reasons for wanting to create a health maintenance plan. This way you'll have a starting point for your conversation with your doctor. Write down a list of health goals. For example, you may want to lower your blood pressure, lose a certain amount of weight, or manage your diabetes. Having a plan you can follow will be extremely helpful and will create short-term objectives you can work towards to stay motivated. Ask your doctor to help you break down each goal into manageable steps you can start practicing right away.  Depending on your starting point, taking control of your health could be a one to five year endeavor. Your plan should include specific goals you want to achieve over those one to five years, and it should be broken down into smaller, more manageable goals to achieve on a monthly or quarterly basis. Your plan is a starting point and doesn't have to be written in stone.  If something happens or if your life changes, update your plan accordingly. Use your journal to keep track of your short and long term goals, and whether you've been able to achieve them.  If you weren't able to achieve them, understand the reasons and add new goals in their place. Your health plan should include regularly scheduled checkups and screenings for cardiovascular disease, hypertension and cancer. Talk with your doctor about which screenings you should be getting and how often you need to get them.  Cardiovascular disease should be assessed when you are twenty and then every ten years afterwards.  A great risk stratification tool is the Framingham risk score. ...

Summary in Vietnamese:
Trao đổi với bác sĩ về việc duy trì sức khỏe. Làm việc với bác sĩ để lên kế hoạch. Kiểm tra định kỳ để theo sát các vấn đề về sức khỏe. Loại trừ các nguồn gây tác động tiêu cực. Uống đủ nước và chất lỏng. Ngủ đủ giấc. Tập thể dục thường xuyên. Thưởng thức món ăn. Khám mắt định kỳ hàng năm. Khám răng định kỳ hàng năm. Ngừng hút thuốc lá.