Name: Are we over-medicalized?
Uploaded: 2012-06-19T15:01:09Z
Duration: 10 min 7 s
Description: Reuters health editor Ivan Oransky warns that we're suffering from an epidemic of preposterous preconditions -- pre-diabetes, pre-cancer, and many more. In this engaging talk from TEDMED he shows how health care can find a solution... by taking an important lesson from baseball.

Reuters health editor Ivan Oransky warns that we're suffering from an epidemic of preposterous preconditions -- pre-diabetes, pre-cancer, and many more. In this engaging talk from TEDMED he shows how health care can find a solution... by taking an important lesson from baseball.

Ivan Oransky: Are we over-medicalized?

Are we over-medicalized?

Every aspect of women's lives has been medicalized, from puberty to menopause, often with treatments that do more harm than good.

In healthcare, like baseball, success may lie in choosing not to swing at every pitch, questioning the necessity of all treatments.

In a healthcare system fraught with 'preposterous preconditions', misdiagnoses mirror baseball scouts' errors in talent prediction.