The Wall Street Journal cuts right to the chase in the first line of its article on the traditional yearly medical check-up: “Is your annual physical a waste of time?” The answer seems to be, it depends. An increasing number of doctors say if you’re young and healthy, you can probably skip it, an opinion bolstered by a recent review in the medical journal JAMA that found no connection between annual physicals and an overall decrease in mortality rates or cardiovascular issues. Another analysis, however, did find a link between yearly checkups and a lower mortality risk, and the JAMA review fou…