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Yep. Too much information in the absence of symptoms can actually a bad thing. https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-skeptical-look-at-screening-tests/ https:
by __z 11y ago
Yep. Too much information in the absence of symptoms can actually a bad thing.
https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-skeptical-look-at-screening-tests/ https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-skeptical-look-at-scr...
"When pharmacies in the UK started offering glucose and cholesterol tests, the number of visits to doctors increased, but only 10% of people with positive tests needed treatment"
- 2muchcoffeeman 11y agoI get a warning when I click on that link. Is this the same article http://www.delfini.org/Publications/SKEPDOC.15-3_Screening.pdf http://www.delfini.org/Publications/SKEPDOC.15-3_Screening.p...?
- __z 11y agoStrange, i don't get a warning, but the certificate has only been valid since yesterday.