Okay MD's, explain yourselves!

[emeraldkity4]

<p>My apologies, ultrasounds aren’t done for fun, they are for * posterity*.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.babypicturesultrasound.com”>http://www.babypicturesultrasound.com</a>
<a href=“http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2014/07/07/portraits-from-the-womb-proliferating.html”>http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2014/07/07/portraits-from-the-womb-proliferating.html&lt;/a&gt;
And physicians never over prescribe tests either.</p>

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The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIM) asked nine medical societies — from family doctors to allergists and cardiologists — to each identify five commonly used medical tests and treatments that are often unnecessary. A list of 45 overused procedures was presented Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.</p>

<p>“We’re changing the culture in medicine,” says Christine K. Cassel, M.D., president of the ABIM, about this new Choosing Wisely campaign, which represents some 375,000 doctors. Consumer Reports also has joined the doctors’ campaign.</p>

<p>“Too much testing is being done that isn’t needed, that doesn’t work,” says John Santa, M.D., who directs health ratings for Consumer Reports.

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<p><a href=“Breaking News on Health Insurance, Medicare and the ACA”>http://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-04-2012/overused-medical-tests-and-treatments.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;