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An unprecedented window into how diseases take hold years before symptoms appear

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202 points helsinkiandrew | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 08:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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briandoll ◴[22 Jul 25 17:42 UTC] No.44650590[source]▶
And yet not a single doctor in the United States will permit you to care about early signals, preventative medicine, or routine deep dive bloodwork, in order to stave off those diseases. Anyone who's on top of this is paying fully out of pocket for individual tests, screenings, medicines. Manageable for some, unattainable for most.
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1. nradov ◴[22 Jul 25 18:39 UTC] No.44651294[source]▶
Huh? Plenty of doctors out there cater to the "worried well" and will order any blood work you want or spend a lot of time with you on preventive care. But of course most health insurance plans won't pay for that. In most cases it's a total waste and doesn't significantly improve patient outcomes.