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The fact that you can ridiculously misinterpret the two most important studies in a field does not make them invalid.



No but it makes case about the fact that we are currently overtreating people in some cases. With defensive medicine and the fact that there is growing body of evidence that aggressive screening for cancer in a lot of cases does little good there is good chunk we could eliminate.

By my friend that is on dialysis cannot use it 30% less in the long term without endangering her life or degrading her quality of life to the point of not worth living.

Fracture a bone - you can go without professional help - risking all kinds of nasty stuff that will get you into ER or limping for the rest of your life.

You can ignore the dermatitis but if a mole starts bleeding you MUST go to the dermatologist to check yourself for skin cancer. 30 percent less of the later checkups and you have a few corpses on your hand.




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