Over diagnosed — Unconventional school of thought. While almost every class we have taken in pharmacy school has pointed to early diagnosis, essentially trying to prevent rather than cure a disease/condition and the accompanying side effects that may be benign for some and debilitating to others, Dr. Welch and his colleagues argue that we are moving to a perception towards treatment that is not only too aggressive but beginning to create patients out of people who 20 to 30 years ago would have never been classified in such a light.
While some may argue that being aggressive and over pre-cautious may not be doing individuals any harm at all but rather preventing a disease/condition that may have eventually developed if fate was able to run
While some may argue that being aggressive and over pre-cautious may not be doing individuals any harm at all but rather preventing a disease/condition that may have eventually developed if fate was able to run