Love this quote, read in an article about medical overdiagnosis:

"Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left." - Aldous Huxley

Fits the general absurdity of our times.

Also #iatrogenesis

Limits to Medicine--Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
Illich, Ivan

Annotated by:
Teagarden, J. Russell

"Illich is not saying that suffering is good and should be preserved, but rather that societies coming under the control of industrialized health care suffer more and suffer in ways they no longer have the authority or will to manage. "

https://medhum.med.nyu.edu/view/16963

#Medicine #Iatrogenesis #HealthCare #Culture #Philosophy

Limits to Medicine--Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health

Comparing Penile Problems in Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised Boys: Insights From a Large Commercial Claims Database With a Focus on Provider Type Performing Circumcision
Fendereski et al., 2024, J Pediatr. Surg.

"Penile problems are very infrequent in boys in the first five years of life. However, when they occur, they are 3x more likely to occur in circumcised boys relative to uncircumcised boys."

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39084960/

#MedMastodon #Circumcision #Autonomy #Pediatrics #Iatrogenesis

Comparing Penile Problems in Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised Boys: Insights From a Large Commercial Claims Database With a Focus on Provider Type Performing Circumcision - PubMed

Prognosis study.

PubMed