Five warning signs of overdiagnosis
- Written by Alexandra Barratt, Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
Being labelled with a serious illness can cause psychological distress.rawpixel
We’ve had it drummed into us over decades that early detection is key to treating diseases early, before they have a chance to turn into something really nasty.
But we’ve since learnt the flip-side of this is overdiagnosis, where people are diagnosed with...