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  2. Overdiagnosis - Wikipedia

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    Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of disease that will never cause symptoms or death during a patient's ordinarily expected lifetime [1] and thus presents no practical threat regardless of being pathologic. Overdiagnosis is a side effect of screening for early forms of disease.

  3. Medical diagnosis - Wikipedia

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    Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of "disease" that will never cause symptoms or death during a patient's lifetime. [9] It is a problem because it turns people into patients unnecessarily and because it can lead to economic waste [10] (overutilization) and treatments that may cause harm. Overdiagnosis occurs when a disease is diagnosed correctly ...

  4. Screening (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    The problem of overdiagnosis in cancer screening is that at the time of diagnosis it not possible to differentiate between a harmless lesion and lethal one, unless the patient is not treated and dies from other causes. [32] So almost all patients tend to be treated, leading to what is called overtreatment. As researchers Welch and Black put it ...

  5. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder controversies

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    Other areas of controversy include the use of stimulant medications in children, the method of diagnosis, and the possibility of overdiagnosis. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2009, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, while acknowledging the controversy, stated that the current treatments and methods of diagnosis are based on the dominant ...

  6. What is the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year? - AOL

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    The Oxford Word of the Year for 2023 was rizz, understood as short for "charisma" Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X ...

  7. Lead time bias - Wikipedia

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    Lead time bias occurs if testing increases the perceived survival time without affecting the course of the disease. Lead time bias happens when survival time appears longer because diagnosis was done earlier (for instance, by screening), irrespective of whether the patient lived longer.

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  9. 10 Discontinued Chick-Fil-A Menu Items That Customers Want ...

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    No word yet if management will make it a permanent menu item. CFA Properties, Inc. Autumn Spice Milkshake. Debuting in fall 2022, the Autumn Spice Milkshake was the essence of cozy autumn flavors ...