Get Up And Do Something: Doctors warn about medical tests, treatments you don't need

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Doctors warn about medical tests, treatments you don't need Feb 22nd 2013, 11:35 You don't need an MRI for lower back pain. You don't need antibiotics for a sinus infection. And you don't need to be screened for osteoporosis, either, if you're under 65. Seventeen of the top medical specialty groups, representing pediatricians, ear, nose and throat specialists, family doctors and others released their latest list of common tests, treatments and procedures that people don't need. Some can do harm, like unnecessary antibiotics. Others are simply helping to drive up medical costs.

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