The U.S. has arguably the world's best medical tools available — especially when it comes to cancer screening, which has significantly reduced the mortality rates of serious killers such as breast and colorectal cancer in the last few years. But too much of a good thing can be bad, and expensive.
A government study finds that too many doctors are using the wrong test or testing the wrong women for the human papillomavirus, or HPV, the virus that causes cervical cancer. The unnecessary tests are costly and may be leading to harm and anxiety in women who receive extra medical care they don't need.
Read the full story in Time magazine
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