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medical overuse

11/16/2015 / By Vicki Batts

Common medical procedures have no scientific merit, study says

A recent review published online at the Journal of the American Medical Association found that many commonly employed medical procedures applied to millions of people each year are founded on questionable evidence, at best. In some instances, the evidence to support the treatment may not even exist. According to the research, medical overuse “encompasses overdiagnosis, […]

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