Readers know how strongly I feel that my profession is suffering from the twin chronic diseases of Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment. Here's a primer on how physicians make medical recommendations to our patients. Take a look at this grid I prepared, which is worth a full year of medical school. Low Benefit High Benefit Low Risk Medical Sweet Spot! ________________________________________ High Risk DANGER ZONE! When we physicians are contemplating a treatment, or are weighing one treatment against another, we are aiming for the Medical Sweet Spot highlighted in blue above. We want low risk and high reward for our patients. Would we ever consider a treatment within the DANGER ZONE ? We would if the patient’s medical circumstance were dire and there were n
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