The overuse of medical imaging has emerged as a major health policy issue. Not only do such practices burn up a lot of money, but consumers are often needlessly panicked.
Hamilton Spectator
Doctors screen for cervical cancer too often: study
June 22, 2010 Marissa Cevallos
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
(Jun 22, 2010)
It sounds like the breast-cancer debate all over again: A new study has found that doctors have been overzealous in advising women to be screened for cervical cancer.
Although physician groups recommend that women older than 30 get a Pap test every three years, a survey of more than 1,200 doctors in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found thatMEDICAL about two-thirds would recommend patients be screened more often.
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