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Description
An exposà on Big Pharma and the American
healthcare systemâs zeal for excessive medical
testing, from a nationally recognized
expertMore screening doesnât lead to better
healthâbut can turn healthy people
into patients. Going against the conventional
wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment
and Big Pharma that more screening is the best
preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a
compelling counterargument that what we need are
fewer, not more, diagnoses. Documenting the
excesses of American medical practice that labels
far too many of us as sick, Welch examines
the social, ethical, and economic ramifications
of a health-care system that unnecessarily
diagnoses and treats patients, most of whom will
not benefit from treatment, might be harmed by
it, and would arguably be better off without
screening.Drawing on 25 years of medical practice
and research on the effects of medical testing,
Welch explains in a straightforward,
jargon-free style how the cutoffs for treating a
person with âœabnormalâ? test results have been
drastically lowered just when technological
advances have allowed us to see more and more
âœabnormalities,â? many of which will pose
fewer health complications than the procedures
that ostensibly cure them. Citing studies that
show that 10 of 2,000 healthy people were found
to have had silent strokes, and that well over
half of men over age sixty have traces
of prostate cancer but no impairment, Welch
reveals overdiagnosis to be rampant for numerous
conditions and diseases, including diabetes,
high cholesterol, osteoporosis, gallstones,
abdominal aortic aneuryisms, blood clots, as well
as skin, prostate, breast, and lung cancers.With
genetic and prenatal screening now common,
patients are being diagnosed not with disease but
with âœpre-diseaseâ? or for being at âœhigh
riskâ? of developing disease. Revealing the
economic and medical forces that contribute to
overdiagnosis, Welch makes a reasoned call for
change that would save us from countless unneeded
surgeries, excessive worry, and exorbitant costs,
all while maintaining a balanced view of both the
potential benefits and harms of diagnosis.
Drawing on data, clinical studies, and anecdotes
from his own practice, Welch builds a solid,
accessible case against the belief that more
screening always improves health care.
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Description
An exposà on Big Pharma and the American
healthcare systemâs zeal for excessive
medical testing, from a nationally recognized
expertMore screening doesnât lead to better
healthâbut can turn healthy people into
patients. Going against the conventional wisdom
reinforced by the medical establishment and Big
Pharma that more screening is the best
preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a
compelling counterargument that what we need are
fewer, not more, diagnoses. Documenting the
excesses of American medical practice that labels
far too many of us as sick, Welch examines
the social, ethical, and economic ramifications
of a health-care system that unnecessarily
diagnoses and treats patients, most of whom will
not benefit from treatment, might be harmed by
it, and would arguably be better off without
screening.Drawing on 25 years of medical practice
and research on the effects of medical testing,
Welch explains in a straightforward, jargon-free
style how the cutoffs for treating a person with
âœabnormalâ? test results have been drastically
lowered just when technological advances have
allowed us to see more and more
âœabnormalities,â? many of which will pose
fewer health complications than the procedures
that ostensibly cure them. Citing studies that
show that 10 of 2,000 healthy people were found
to have had silent strokes, and that well over
half of men over age sixty have traces of
prostate cancer but no impairment, Welch reveals
overdiagnosis to be rampant for numerous
conditions and diseases, including diabetes, high
cholesterol, osteoporosis, gallstones, abdominal
aortic aneuryisms, blood clots, as well as skin,
prostate, breast, and lung cancers.With genetic
and prenatal screening now common, patients are
being diagnosed not with disease but
with âœpre-diseaseâ? or for being at âœhigh
riskâ? of developing disease. Revealing the
economic and medical forces that contribute to
overdiagnosis, Welch makes a reasoned call for
change that would save us from countless unneeded
surgeries, excessive worry, and exorbitant costs,
all while maintaining a balanced view of both the
potential benefits and harms of diagnosis.
Drawing on data, clinical studies, and anecdotes
from his own practice, Welch builds a solid,
accessible case against the belief that
more screening always improves health care.
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