The basic strategy behind early diagnosis is to encourage the well to get examined — to determine if they are not, in fact, sick. But is looking hard for things to be wrong a good way to promote health? The truth is, the fastest way to get heart disease, autism, glaucoma, diabetes, vascular problems, osteoporosis or cancer ... is to be screened for it. In other words, the problem is overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Let the healthy be...
...If You Feel O.K., Maybe You Are O.K.
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I never thought of it this way, but it sure sounds better than constant tests that turn your hair (and knuckles) white while you're waiting for the results....
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