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As with many things in life, reducing activation energy can have dramatic effects. For example: Most of the people I know, even the health conscious, don't get
by beambot 11y ago
As with many things in life, reducing activation energy can have dramatic effects.
For example: Most of the people I know, even the health conscious, don't get annual physicals. I pressed them on why, and it came down to this: They didn't want to spend a half-day getting it done. There's just too much activation energy: scheduling, commute, checking in, waiting around, finally seeing the doc for 10 minutes, driving back to work. It's even worse when you have to return for labs because they didn't inform you that you should fast before drawing blood for labs. Simply reducing the activation energy goes a long, long way!
- eco 11y agoThe last time I got a physical my doctor told me annual physicals are not necessary or recommended for someone my age. There is such a thing as excessive screening and testing. PSA testing (for prostate cancer) had so many false positives resulting in procedures that were ultimately harmful for the patients that the recommendation to get the test routinely was dropped entirely. Recently the American Cancer Society changed its mammogram recommendation age from 40 to 45. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Services went further and suggested 50 should be the age. Again, the reason is false-positives causing harmful outcomes.
- marak830 11y agoHere in Japan we have a mandatory once a year checkup, and have to submit the results to our employer. Im still not sure if i agree with the once a year, but it makes my wife worry less. I greatly disagree with the giving it to the employer part, which is one of the reasons im switchng to freelance work.