Annual medical checkups are correlated with higher mortality overall. Main reason is overdiagnosis and overtreatment. (Spellcheck didn't like overtreatment; changed it to overpayment which is also true, but a different problem.) I'm sure colonoscopies play their part in that equation.
They have swallowable cameras now. More expensive, and come with a few downsides, but IMO worth it. Thankfully I have a couple more years before I need one.
Annual medical checkups are correlated with higher mortality overall. Main reason is overdiagnosis and overtreatment. (Spellcheck didn't like overtreatment; changed it to overpayment which is also true, but a different problem.) I'm sure colonoscopies play their part in that equation.
Agree. All this pressure for "screening" tests. Just Big Medicine seeking out new customers.
My uncle died after having one because they perforated his colon. Massive infection. Died.
I think the camera up his arse is a prank because he has to have a zoom meeting with Xi.
Like when it all came out that Xi made the biden administration all take anal swabs for COVID.
They have swallowable cameras now. More expensive, and come with a few downsides, but IMO worth it. Thankfully I have a couple more years before I need one.