December 10, 2018
Ted Talk Discussion: Are We Over-medicalized?
Reuters health editor Ivan Oransky warns that we’re suffering from an epidemic of preposterous preconditions — pre-diabetes, pre-cancer, and many more. In this engaging talk from TEDMED he shows how health care can find a solution… by taking an important lesson from baseball. Useful Vocabulary AcnePreposterousConservative estimateto medicalize – to treat a medical problem without a real reason.PubertyMenopauseto get suedSwinging...