Avoid Prostate Cancer Test
The US Preventive Services Task Force on October 6, 2011 advised men to avoid PSA blood test as Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test leads to other needless tests and results in unnecessary treatments, causing incontinence, impotence, or both. PSA test is pretty common to screen cancer risks among males over 50. Two years ago, the panel created a huge national controversy as it had recommended, at that time, women in their 40s to forego routine mammogram screening. The panel opined that between 1986 and 2005, 1 million men received surgery, radiation therapy or both who would not have been treated without PSA test. Among them at least 5,000 died soon after the surgery, and 10,000 to 70,000 suffered serious complications. Half had persistent blood in their semen, and 200,000 to 300,000 suffered incontinence, impotence, or both. As a result of these complications, the man who had discovered the test, Dr. Richard J. Abilin, called its widespread use a "public health disaster".Anxiety Screening Recommended for non-elderly Adults
The U.S. Prevention Services Task Force on September 20, 2022 recommended screening for anxiety for adults younger than 65 years, highlighting a growing epidemic that had worsened during pandemic.
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