Precautionary Principle Downside: Men Over 75 Undergo PSA Screening Despite Recommendations
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 22:00
in Health & Medicine
We've become a nation of defensive medicine. Health care is expensive not because of drug companies or overpaid doctors or malpractice premiums, but rather the largest cost for health care is administering tests to check off boxes and prevent legal problems in a future lawsuit that may never come. No medical organization recommends the prostate-specific antigen test for older men, but many primary care doctors continue to administer it even to those over age 75. read more