Why screening for diseases you might have can backfire

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  • Most blood tests we order are screening tests
  • Urologists in particular make a lot of money by finding and fixing prostate cancers
  • Patients beset by cognitive biases believe it’s always better to find and remove any cancer than to leave it alone
  • Such scientific precision makes us think that one test can save our lives
An excerpt from A Return to Healing.Patients often ask me to do whatever tests are necessary to make sure they dont have cancer or any other really bad diseases. Its called screening Look for di [+7004 chars]

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