top | item 9780794 (no title) speechduh | 10 years ago When you have that much information, the chances for spurious conclusions are also endless. discuss order hn newest __z|10 years ago Yep. Too much information in the absence of symptoms can actually a bad thing.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|10 years ago I get a warning when I click on that link. Is this the same article http://www.delfini.org/Publications/SKEPDOC.15-3_Screening.p...? load replies (1)
__z|10 years ago Yep. Too much information in the absence of symptoms can actually a bad thing.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|10 years ago I get a warning when I click on that link. Is this the same article http://www.delfini.org/Publications/SKEPDOC.15-3_Screening.p...? load replies (1)
2muchcoffeeman|10 years ago I get a warning when I click on that link. Is this the same article http://www.delfini.org/Publications/SKEPDOC.15-3_Screening.p...? load replies (1)
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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|10 years ago