Testing negative

• Research increasingly shows that frequent medical exams – like physicals, Pap smears, lab work, EKGs, mammograms – have no benefits and may be harmful, so why do Americans keep getting them?

By Elisabeth Rosenthal / The Bulletin
June 17, 2012

For decades, scientific research has shown that annual physical exams — and many of the screening tests that routinely accompany them — are in many ways pointless or (worse) dangerous, because they can lead to unneeded procedures. The last few years have produced a steady stream of new evidence....

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