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But there are diseases where there is a debate over whether someone is "sick" and should be treated. E.g. slow-spreading cancers that likely won't kill you or cause symptoms until after you are dead. Procedures such as whole-body scans frequently turn up issues that would likely never be a problem.

There are doctors who push these things that are of questionable medical efficacy, but definitely put money in their pockets.



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