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Questioning The Sacred Cow Of Screening Mammography

Questioning The Sacred Cow Of Screening Mammography

by Dr Joe | Feb 17, 2014 | Cancer, General Health, Health Policy, Medical Tests, The Practice of Medicine, Womens Health

In medicine, beliefs and ideas get very ingrained.  Some, such as screening mammography become sacred cows. And when sacred cows are questioned the reaction is more akin to dealing with heresy than dealing with science. This was on display again with yet another...
“Pre-Disease”, Over-Diagnosis And Dementia

“Pre-Disease”, Over-Diagnosis And Dementia

by Dr Joe | Sep 28, 2012 | Medical Tests, Mens Health, Womens Health

Fans of Dire Straits will remember the line in Industrial Disease which goes “Two men say they’re Jesus – one of them must be wrong”. With this in mind consider two headlines. The first from Australian Doctor magazine “Early Dementia Diagnosis of Benefit to...

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