In Overdiagnosed, H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin argue that as definitions of diseases broaden, so do the risks to healthy people
HYPOCHONDRIACS have never had it so good – or should I say, so bad? Medical diagnostics have advanced to the stage where if you look for a disease you will find it.
Consider the advances in imaging technology that have been made in the last few decades. Today, we have PET, MRI, CAT and ultrasound scanners – precision imaging machines that can reveal far more than old-fashioned X-rays. No polyp, cyst or ominous shadow evades their scrutiny.
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