To Be Continued

 

 

First it was mammograms. Then PSA tests and pap smears. Now the government has come up with another medical test we don't really need -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government-appointed body, says women don't need to be screened for ovarian cancer. They say the tests do more harm than good. The tests are simple blood tests and sonograms. We can thank Obamacare for this  -- the goal is to reduce medical costs, and medical costs can certainly be reduced when we get no diagnostics and no treatment.

 

The next test we don't need is . . . . .

 

To be continued.

 

"Ovarian cancer screenings aren't effective, panel says." The Dallas Morning News; September 11, 2012; p. 7A.