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The Epidemic of Fake Disease
Medlife Crisis
A Medlife Crisis video by cardiologist Rohin Francis on overdiagnosis and over-screening. It explains how detecting more disease does not necessarily mean saving more lives, and covers harms such as unnecessary treatment.
Pointed to in threads about cancer screening, PSA tests, full-body MRIs and consumer diagnostics as an explanation of why more testing can hurt.
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