Word: jernberg
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...PAUL JERNBERG, A 71-YEAR-OLD mortgage banker from Chicago, walked into his doctor's office a healthy, happy man. A short while later, he left with a sense of dread. Although Jernberg felt fine, a sophisticated protein test indicated that he might have prostate cancer. A subsequent biopsy was inconclusive, but a second one disclosed that he indeed had the beginnings of a tumor. "Of course, we'll operate next week," the physician told him. Not so fast, Jernberg thought. He feared the possible side effects of prostate surgery, including incontinence and even impotence. After consulting another doctor...
...does not necessarily mean that more information is better. Physicians are starting to have at their disposal a whole new panoply of advanced tests that provide more detail about what is going on inside the human body-often down to the molecular level--than ever before possible. Yet as Jernberg discovered, such tests can warn of dangers that are so far off, they may not be worth worrying about. Knowing too much, it turns out, may prove just as harmful to your health as knowing too little...
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