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Besides x-rays, laboratory tests of all persuasions are subject to the grossest sort of error. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, studied a representative sampling of laboratories all over the US and found that about a quarter of all tests had incorrect results.¹¹⁴

An editorial in The Lancet once concluded that many routine laboratory diagnostic tests are a waste of time and money.¹¹⁵ This includes blood counts and biochemical screening when you’re admitted to hospital. One study, it said, showed that the illnesses of only six out of 630 patients were diagnosed from routine blood and urine tests. In another study of over 1,000 patients in an adult psychiatric unit, routine blood and urine tests contributed to less than 1 per cent of diagnoses; nearly three-quarters of diagnoses were made on the basis of the patient’s medical history or a physical examination.¹¹⁶

Doctors can’t even agree on blood sugar levels in people with diabetes.

A Scottish study found marked differences in the results between the two tests – one which measures carbohydrates in the blood, the other, just glucose – used to assess control of blood sugar levels and whether good blood sugar control has been achieved.¹¹⁷