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A top 5 list of unnecessary medical procedures

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  • 16 May 2014
  • Jacques Cornuz
    • CHUV
    • Biologie et de médecine, UNIL
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The Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine has drawn up a ranking of unnecessary or even dangerous medical examinations. Which ones are they, and why are they useless?

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