I trust your description of the clip, but I cannot bring myself to watch it in case Jimmy Fallon lets out a giggle or cackle in those six minutes and my morning is ruined.
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Your trolling level is quite adequate.
The problem is that the latter usually follows the former, because on the offchance that it does wind up being metastasized and/or deadly, the doctor who decided that treatment wasn’t necessary is going to get sued out the ass.
The overdiagnosis issue cannot be repeated enough... something like DCIS almost never poses a health risk on its own, and yet will often warrant invasive, scarring treatment because doctors don’t want to get the pants sued off of them for not doing anything about it.
classic story. Every one knows a woman whose “life was saved by a mammogram because cancer was caught early.” The problem is we often don’t know that at all Recent study on DCIS, the most common type of early cancer picked up by mammogram in young women showed NO BENEFIT TO TREATMENT. That’s right, with that type of…
Exactly! The problem is people are TERRIBLE at cost-benefit analysis- we prickle at even the suggestion that we scale back on the screenings.
Great article! The effects of false positives and overscreening are poorly understood by physicians, and even more so by the public. Any decision for a test or treatment that affects very large populations needs to be taken VERY seriously. Asprin for all, mammograms, etc. have huge effects. Pretty much by definition,…
This is everything I was feeling about this fancy inconsiderate man and I feel good and right and vindicated for not wanting to see it and for scoffing in JGL’s accessibly attractive but nonetheless intimidatingly charming face. Get out of here with your French accent and your pensive, imploring gaze. I want nothing…
“ I don’t really expect honesty,”
All major religions are fucked up patriarchies! Just a reminder.
Congratulations, anti-vaxxers. You did it! You saved her from autism!
