I find that the public often exaggerates the benefits of many preventive health measures. I don’t blame the public for this. There are several forces conspiring to deceive the average patient into accepting exaggerated claims of various medical tests and strategies. Of course, the Medical Industrial Complex is a gluttonous beast that must be fed massive quantities of medical testing and treatment if it is to survive. Most of the public thinks that medical interventions, including mammography, lowering cholesterol levels, blood pressure reduction and even colonoscopy are downright lifesaving. Recognize that I am in favor of all of these measures, but that the actual benefit to the individual is much smaller than most folks believe. In the case of mammography, there is uncertainty as to whether it saves lives at all, a view readers can easily find with a rudimentary internet search. Mammography experts all agree that any benefit of this screening test to the individu
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