Guest guest Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 I found this article in the NY Times about the role of MRI testing uncannily familiar. I've pasted the concluding paragraphs because the discussion about the reliance on medical testing sounds very similar to our reliance on mold testing. The discussion of purpose is also interesting to me in the context of the push away from testing to determine existence of harm (or not) and more toward other public health criteria - as with the AIHA Green Book and Healthy Homes Program - on what the consultant and their client wants to achieve. Carl Grimes Healthy Habitats LLC ----- The Scan That Didn´t Scan By GINA KOLATA Published: October 13, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/health/14scan.html? ...the point of an M.R.I., or any imaging study, is to help make a diagnosis that will improve your health. Often imaging is unnecessary: a good exam will reveal what´s wrong, and the treatment will be the same with or without the scan. Just as big a problem as the erratic quality of scans is the tendency of doctors and patients to rely on them too much. " There´s been a shift in medicine toward relying on imaging instead of a history and examination, " Dr. Jarvik said. And I suspect that that was one reason Jim and I were so misled. " Pain is a way for Mother Nature to talk to us, " Dr. Thrall told me. " And when our invented process for understanding is at odds with what Mother Nature is telling us, we had better listen to Mother Nature. " -----end---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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