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Maybe a better lesson would be to get a second opinion on major diagnoses. Doctors are also human, and medical diagnosis is difficult.

It's a good question what are the best tests to do periodically. I doubt that "none" is the right answer.




Of course.

Here is a good article I read today on the topic:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/11/overkill-atul-g...

Basically.. lots of things can be found by a test (say a slow or non-growing tumor) that the risk of removing them is > than the risk of leaving them alone.

Of course doctors are paid for doing work not for leaving it alone, so which do you think they will choose?




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