Consumer Reports on media-hyped tests and treatments. Several newer modalities, like virtual colonoscopy and CT-angiograms, make the controversial list.
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I’m not sure I agree with them about defibrillators and prostate cancer. Both are conditions which if left unchecked can kill.
It’s one thing to debate what to do about a PSA of 5 in a 70 year old. To tell a 50 year old to watch and wait is a bit too cavalier.
Telling any non-demented person with sudden cardiac death or inducible VT that they might not need the AICD is malpractice.
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