February 5th – Are we being over-diagnosed and over treated?

Doug Asks: Are we being over-diagnosed and over treated?

Please comment below if you have the time or inclination. Have you ever been over diagnosed, or over treated in a medical setting? If so, you’re certainly not alone. Everyday patients are over diagnosed and given medications or procedures that will not help them or worse, may hurt them. On Monday, I will excerpt a recent article written on a medical website entitled, “We Caught it Early: Blessing or Burden?" In my opinion, that totally depends upon what their definition of what “it” is. Patients must either feel that their symptoms are serious enough to warrant the need of medical intervention or that their symptoms will self-resolve. Either way there are consequences to every decision we make. Let’s discuss what happens when we are over diagnosed and over treated. - Doug

knowthecause.com/watch/ktc-too