Overdiagnosed :
Published by : Beacon Press, (Boston, Mass. :) Physical details: 228 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9780807022009 (hardcover : alk. paper).| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| BOOK | Goodland Non-fiction | Adult reading level | 616.07 WEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39124000214968 |
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| 616.047 OST 50 things you should know about the chronic fatigue syndrome epidemic / | 616.047 TEI From fatigued to fantastic : | 616.07 NUL How we die : | 616.07 WEL Overdiagnosed : | 616.1 BEN The relaxation response / | 616.1 FOR Natural Ways to Lowr Your Cholesterol. | 616.1 FRI Ask the doctor : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genesis : people become patients with high blood pressure -- We change the rules : how numbers get changed to give you diabetes, high cholesterol, and osteoporosis -- We are able to see more : how scans give you gallstones, damaged knee cartilage, bulging discs, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and blood clots -- We look harder for prostate cancer : how screening made it clear that overdiagnosis exists in cancer -- We look harder for other cancers -- We look harder for breast cancer -- We stumble onto incidentalomas that might be cancer -- We look harder for everything else : how screening gives you (and your baby) another set of problems -- We confuse DNA with disease : how genetic testing will give you almost anything -- Get the facts -- Get the system -- Get the big picture -- Conclusion : pursuing health with less diagnosis.
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