[thoughtomator]

My first instinct is to wonder who on the advisory board owns how much stock in which companies that do these scans.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

We got sold all this crap by a fast talking salesman and now we got to pay for it. OK, heart scans for anyone who ever smoked a cigarette and colonoscopies for anyone who ever ate a hamburger. Hire some grad students at minimum wage to publish a "study."

[lupie]

My first instinct is to wonder who on the advisory board owns how much stock in which companies that do these scans.

Me too, or a thought much like it - who gets money from this. It is hard for me to recommend to a 79 yr old man to go get this test because he may have a 6% higher risk to die of this. Chances are there he has much higher risks than that of dying of many other things. After all, he is 79!

[green iguana]

My first instinct is to wonder who on the advisory board owns how much stock in which companies that do these scans.

It's a $300 ultrasound test. You can get one at any doctor's office or clinic anywhere in the US. Don't know many doctor's offices that are public companies, sorry.

[uncbob]

My first instinct is to wonder who on the advisory board owns how much stock in which companies that do these scans.

What does it matter if the data is correct
Now if the skewed it some how that is another story

[ken5050]

IIRC, there was an article in the NY Times recently about how the whole "scanning" industry had collapsed..an economic wastland ..sounds to me like an effort to gainmarketshare through fear-mongering..

[Fiddlstix]

My first instinct is to wonder who on the advisory board owns how much stock in which companies that do these scans.

Good point.

[justshutupandtakeit]

So you're a smoker?