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Re:Wealthy People Are Getting Full-Body Scans. Early Detecti... by drcode on Friday August 25, 2023 @09:12PM (#37268992)
Follow up procedures should be adjusted based on whether the original test was preventative or not, titrating the amount of risk and cost appropriately

The fact that we treat diagnostic results the same regardless of priors just means our medical system is still stuck in the stone age

Saying the screenings aren't recommended is just saying "we're too dumb to use the results of this screening the correct way, so you shouldn't get the screening"

We can only hope that the new developments in AI will mean that modern statistical procedures will finally be applied to medicine as a side effect (though I wouldn't hold my breath)

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Re:Wealthy People Are Getting Full-Body Scans. Early Detecti... by tptacek on Friday August 25, 2023 @11:01PM (#37269573)
The premise of the article is that all of these tests were "preventative".
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Re:Wealthy People Are Getting Full-Body Scans. Early Detecti... by prepend on Saturday August 26, 2023 @09:19AM (#37272633)
> we're too dumb to use the results of this screening the correct way, so you shouldn't get the screening

I agree with this. One day we might be smart enough. But they say is not today. It’s ok to be dumb.

It’s also dumb to spend thousands of dollars on these diagnostic scans that we’re too dumb to use.

We can plan around our stupidity. We can also research new ways to use these data and, hopefully, one day be less dumb.

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