My father’ heart condition was caught by early screening. The resulting treatment allowed him to live 35 more years.
His brother did not go that route and got only 6 more years.
So, yeah, early screening does work. It catches things before it becomes inevitable that they will kill you sooner.
I’m not saying early screening never helped anybody. I’m just wondering what the percentages are.
If you’re genetically predisposed to certain problems, then screening for those problems has some merit to it.
What I object to is the one size fits all prescription for everyone, and the scaremongering that if you go a couple of years without a check up, you’re taking your life into your hands.
My dad was diagnosed with high PSA in his 70’s. The doctors were pushing for prostrate surgery. My dad’s brother told him “forget it, cancer doesn’t run in our family”. So my dad decided to do nothing, and lived to be 93.