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by HDThoreaun 633 days ago
On the other hand doctors on the US prescribe far too many tests. These tests are generally set to have a 5% false positive rate so if you prescribe 14 tests you’re more likely than not to get a false positive. From talking to doctors it seems extremely common for something like that to happen and it’s always a headache when it does.