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What is preventive medicine?  

post #1 of 7
1/24/06 at 3:54am
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Shouldn't preventive medicine be non-invasive??? :
post #2 of 7
1/24/06 at 3:56am
One would THINK so

love and peace.
post #3 of 7
1/24/06 at 4:48am
"The Doctor of the future will give No Medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."
-Attributed to Thomas Alva Edison
post #4 of 7
1/24/06 at 8:54am
The title of a chapter in one of Dr. Robert Mendelsohn's books says it all: "If This Is Preventive Medicine, I'll Take My Chances with Disease."
post #5 of 7
1/24/06 at 10:06am
Mendelsohn exactly expresses my sentiments about circumcision as a prophyalaxis. That's all I know about the guy and I think I like him already!



Frank
post #6 of 7
1/24/06 at 10:12am
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Originally Posted by QueenOfThePride
Shouldn't preventive medicine be non-invasive??? :
Maybe, maybe not. A proctologist does very invasive examinations to find abnormal conditions or disease. The same is true of cardiologists and other specialties. It seems that in some cases, some levels of invasive procedures are necessary or more accurate.


Frank
post #7 of 7
1/24/06 at 1:08pm
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But does a so-called 'invasive' exam harm the body? I wouldn't call getting a Pap smear invasive. And in the case of cardiology and other specialties, aren't tests only run when there is already a problem? In that case, the benefits of the test clearly outweigh the risks of the tests and the risks of not doing anything.
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