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- noun medicine Excessive
treatment , often specifically medicaltreatment - noun interior decoration A
window treatment added above an existing treatment
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Examples
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One result is overtreatment, which is driving up health care costs, exposing patients to unnecessary radiation and surgeries, and is frequently no better than cheaper approaches.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: #DearJohn, Does Banning Abortion Trump Job Growth? The Media Consortium 2011
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One result is overtreatment, which is driving up health care costs, exposing patients to unnecessary radiation and surgeries, and is frequently no better than cheaper approaches.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: #DearJohn, Does Banning Abortion Trump Job Growth? The Media Consortium 2011
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Many medical experts consider cesarean deliveries to be a major component of "overtreatment" in the U.S. – procedures and tests that provide little or no benefit while subjecting patients to additional risks.
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The couple's primary doctor, who knew them well and who had told them a year earlier that he considered a pacemaker "overtreatment," found out about the decision after the fact, by fax.
Erin N. Marcus, M.D.: Katy Butler's "Broken Heart"--A Must Read for All Doctors (And Patients) M.D. Erin N. Marcus 2010
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Dr. John Bunker is surely correct in nothing that "overtreatment," deriving at least in part from inadequate knowledge on the efficacy of many medical procedures, is a serious problem that demands serious attention by the federal government.
Overtreatment: An Exchange Baker, Charles D. 1985
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And rather than making people more healthy, that kind of overtreatment and overtesting makes them sicker.
BNET Articles Geoffrey James 2010
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Many medical experts consider cesarean deliveries to be a major component of "overtreatment" in the U.S. -- procedures and tests that provide little or no benefit while subjecting patients to additional risks.
Dallas / Fort Worth news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs11tv.com 2010
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At the same time, theoretical harms, such as overtreatment and patient anxiety, should be taken into account.
Emaxhealth 2009
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At the same time, theoretical harms, such as overtreatment and patient anxiety, should be taken into account.
Emaxhealth 2009
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Most women don't understand the risks of "overtreatment," says Steve Woloshin, a doctor at the Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vt. This occurs when women are treated unnecessarily for breast tumors that are essentially harmless because they lack the ability to spread to other organs.
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