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by speechduh 4005 days ago
When you have that much information, the chances for spurious conclusions are also endless.
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Yep. Too much information in the absence of symptoms can actually a bad thing.

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-skeptical-look-at-scr...

"When pharmacies in the UK started offering glucose and cholesterol tests, the number of visits to doctors increased, but only 10% of people with positive tests needed treatment"

I get a warning when I click on that link. Is this the same article http://www.delfini.org/Publications/SKEPDOC.15-3_Screening.p...?
Strange, i don't get a warning, but the certificate has only been valid since yesterday.