[Leica] OT (very) The Great Prostate Debate: Does Screening Save Lives?: Scientific American

[jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)]

The problem with testing is that quite often you find things that can only 
be actually tested with a biopsy or more invasive surgery. The human body is 
full of tissue anomalies -- you should see the size of my nose! Most of 
anomalies turn out to be benign, however, biopsies and surgeries bring there 
own risks so, yes, you can easily end up where testing is causing more harm 
than good. As with many of life's issues and problems, there just isn't an 
easy answer.

For me the question that always springs to mind is, why are we all so afraid 
of death? It's pretty much the only sure thing going. Relax, given our 
hunter/gatherer roots, we were really only meant to last into our thirties 
tops.

John