Best Science Medicine Podcast - BS without the BS

Best Science Medicine Podcast - BS without the BS


Episode 349: Screening with a complete blood count is evidently of no value

June 07, 2017

In episode 349, Mike and James talk about the evidence around screening otherwise asymptomatic adults with a complete blood count. While it feels like it should be a good thing to do, the evidence is pretty clear that it doesn’t provide any benefit even though ~ 10% of tests will be abnormal. Basically no one benefits and serious disease is virtually never found.