Using malaria rapid diagnostic tests in registered drug shops in a highly endemic region in Uganda substantially reduced overdiagnosis of malaria, improving the use of valuable malaria drugs, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE. (sciencedaily.com)
Etzioni speculated that the difference in overdiagnosis rates between blacks and whites in her study might reflect that there is a larger pool of black men who would be found to have prostate tumors upon autopsy than white men. (fredhutch.org)
Clearer, but less dramatic, evidence for overdiagnosis comes from a 2012 study in which psychologist Katrin Bruchmüller of the University of Basel and her colleagues found that when given hypothetical vignettes of children who fell short of the DSM - IV diagnosis, about 17 percent of the 1,000 mental health professionals surveyed mistakenly diagnosed the kids with ADHD. (scientificamerican.com)