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flamingdem

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13. Good point

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:36 PM

Jun 2012

Even if the surgery for breast cancer was unnecessary... some are because they retract by themselves ...but don't tell that to the convinced, worse to those who had surgery or saw others go through it..

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Overdiagnosis poses significant threat to human health [View all] Celebration May 2012 OP

It also causes people to look down on those with disorders Drale May 2012 #1

I learned early that this is a HUGE problem flamingdem May 2012 #2

Specialists can be narrowly focused, but... HuckleB Jun 2012 #7

Insurance companies secretly LOVE this trend because kestrel91316 May 2012 #3

Fee for service? Ron Obvious May 2012 #4

I was dubious about the statement, but the Dartmouth Institute does seem hedgehog May 2012 #5

This is a worthy area of study. HuckleB Jun 2012 #6

I thought the same thing. trotsky Jun 2012 #8

+1 laconicsax Jun 2012 #9

public funds don't pay for supplements Celebration Jun 2012 #10

Do public funds pay for red herrings? trotsky Jun 2012 #12

why is overtreatment the issue? Celebration Jun 2012 #14

Follow the money, indeed. trotsky Jun 2012 #15

except...................it's not much of a problem Celebration Jun 2012 #16

Again, allow me to return you to the subject of this thread: trotsky Jun 2012 #17

you must not have read it all Celebration Jun 2012 #18

You are 1) wrong and 2) doing a bait-n-switch. trotsky Jun 2012 #19

Hardly Celebration Jun 2012 #20

Answer two simple questions. trotsky Jun 2012 #21

that's too easy Celebration Jun 2012 #22

Perfect. trotsky Jun 2012 #23

Not at all Celebration Jun 2012 #24

And red herrings, for sure! n/t trotsky Jun 2012 #25

Overdiagnosis, overtreatment, overmedication are all SheilaT Jun 2012 #11

Good point flamingdem Jun 2012 #13