Leo40
Jedi Master
This may be of interest to Canadian forum members.
During a routine visit to the doctor I requested to add the above
to the usual blood tests. My doctor informed me that this test (for vitamin D level)
has no diagnostic value! He called it a fad, but put it on the requistion sheet anyway.
Interestingly there is no charge for it, yet for the PSA test they want $25.00!
I politely declined. This test was shown to be quite useless for early detection.
It seems to me that the post-war generation (birth years 1940 to 1950) has greater
resistance than later generations, perhaps due to the fact that we had no junk food.
There is a definite link between affluence and health in a given population.
During a routine visit to the doctor I requested to add the above
to the usual blood tests. My doctor informed me that this test (for vitamin D level)
has no diagnostic value! He called it a fad, but put it on the requistion sheet anyway.
Interestingly there is no charge for it, yet for the PSA test they want $25.00!
I politely declined. This test was shown to be quite useless for early detection.
It seems to me that the post-war generation (birth years 1940 to 1950) has greater
resistance than later generations, perhaps due to the fact that we had no junk food.
There is a definite link between affluence and health in a given population.