November 30th, 201231753It is taken as read that check ups and screening are good for us. The logic is almost intuitive. Finding disease early is better than finding it late as treatment can be more effective. So what could possibly be wrong? Quite a bit as it turns out!
April 29th, 201121424Early detection of disease has a saintly aura. Yet there is a significant human and economic cost in over diagnosis and over treatment.
