by Lissa Rankin | Oct 29, 2012 | Physical Health, Uncategorized
In this blog series, I’ve been exploring the relationship between fear, anxiety, and how it leads us to overmedicalize health care. In Part 1 of this blog series, I discussed The Shocking Dangers of Medical Overdiagnosis & Overtreatment. In Part 2, I shared How To...
by Lissa Rankin | Oct 22, 2012 | Physical Health, Uncategorized
If you think your body – or the body of someone you love – might be at risk of being overmedicalized, keep reading! In Part 1 of this blog series, I discussed The Shocking Dangers of Medical Overdiagnosis & Overtreatment. In Part 2, I shared How To...
by Lissa Rankin | Oct 15, 2012 | Physical Health
In part 1 of this blog series – The Shocking Dangers of Medical Overdiagnosis & Overtreatment – I shared with you the data supporting how more tests do not necessarily equate to better health. In fact, if you read the post, you’ll see that even...
by Lissa Rankin | Oct 4, 2012 | Physical Health
Back when I was still in clinical practice, my newly pregnant patient Samantha, accompanied by her husband John, asked if I would order every medical test known to modern science in order to guarantee, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that both mother and baby would be...
