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"Direct-to-consumer tests advertised online in Australia and their impl" by Patti Shih, Pauline Ding et al.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to map the range and variety of direct-to-consumer (DTC) tests advertised online in Australia and analyse their potential clinical utility and implications for medical overuse. DESIGN: Systematic online search of DTC test products in Google and Google Shopping. DTC test advertisements data were collected and analysed to develop a typology of potential clinical utility of the tests at population level, assessing their potential benefits and harms using available evidence, informed by concepts of medical overuse. RESULTS: We identified 484 DTC tests (103 unique products), ranging from $A12.99 to $A1947 in cost (mean $A197.83; median $A148.50). Using our typology, we assigned the tests into one of four categories: tests with potential clinical utility (10.7%); tests with limited clinical utility (30.6%); non-evidence-based commercial 'health checks' (41.9%); and tests whose methods and/or target conditions are not recognised by the gene ....

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Soaring Pollution in Lahore Fills Wards With Sick Children

In the packed pediatric emergency room of a Lahore public hospital, parents holding sick children lined up for treatment this week, part of a surge of young patients caused by the air pollution crisis. ....

Ganga Ram , Kim Coghill , Mohamad Qadeer , Mubasher Bukhari , Javed Akram , Maria Iftikhar , Sir Ganga Ram , Charlotte Greenfield , Environmental Exposure , Health Care Access , Ealth Services Accessibility , Environmental Medicine , Environmental Health ,