Eight Medical Tests You Don’t Need “More than 40 percent of routine preventive exams included D-rated tests, according to a 2006 study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Many of those tests should be limited to people who have symptoms or risk factors for specific conditions. Listed below are several tests that healthy and average risk people generally don’t need.” [Consumer Reports Health]

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