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speechduh | 10 years ago

When you have that much information, the chances for spurious conclusions are also endless.

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__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"