Just say don't: Doctors question routine tests and treatments

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Just say don't: Doctors question routine tests and treatments

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/just-dont-doctors-routine-tests-treatments-214105910.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JEF96YDpUOXkMKfeDQ_lXQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-21T214105Z_1_CBRE91K1O8Z00_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTHCARE-TEXAS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="EKG technician Goodie performs an electrocardiogram on a patient in the hallway of the emergency room at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston" align="left" title="EKG technician Goodie performs an electrocardiogram on a patient in the hallway of the emergency room at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Now there are 135. That's how many medical tests, treatments and other procedures - many used for decades - physicians have now identified as almost always unnecessary and often harmful, and which doctors and patients should therefore avoid or at least seriously question. The lists of procedures, released on Thursday by the professional societies of 17 medical specialties ranging from neurology and ophthalmology to thoracic surgery, are part of a campaign called Choosing Wisely. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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