alt Hacker NewsI assume they mean.. have the test and then act upon it with diet/exercise/medicine to prevent the heart attack If you never had the test, maybe you don't know you are at risk and don't make any changes and then you get the heart attack
I assume they mean.. have the test and then act upon it with diet/exercise/medicine to prevent the heart attack If you never had the test, maybe you don't know you are at risk and don't make any changes and then you get the heart attack
It’s also not just a “treat or not” decision. I have a family history and high test results so was already treating on the assumption I’m high-risk, but the scan revealed that we needed to be more aggressive. (And hopefully in a few years a scan will show we’re reversing the progression.) Personal data is always better than population data for treatment decisions.