AMA - Online - When not doing something may be the best choice
X-rays for sprained ankles, antibiotics for ear infections and colds and colonoscopies to screen for bowel cancer are among more than 60 tests, treatments and procedures medical experts say should be avoided because they are wasteful and unnecessarily risky.
X-rays for sprained ankles, antibiotics for ear infections and colds and colonoscopies to screen for bowel cancer are among more than 60 tests, treatments and procedures medical experts say should be avoided because they are wasteful and unnecessarily risky. Read the article.
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