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Test, but verify. (updates).(Brief Article)
Among the great leaps of faith physicians require patients to take is accepting medical test results as reliable--which can be something akin to the guy at the quick-lube place showing you a blotch of strange green liquid and advising you that it needs to be changed immediately.
Given that between 10 to 30 percent of Pap smear results called "normal" were in fact abnormal, according to a study cited by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), consumers confronted with laboratory data are wise to ask questions.
The AHRQ offers some guidelines to follow when you're getting medical tests:
* For tests your doctor sends to a lab, ask which lab he or she uses, and why. You may ...
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