[[{“type”:“media”,“view_mode”:“media_large”,“fid”:null,“attributes”:{“class”:“media-image alignright size-full wp-image-31840”,“typeof”:“foaf:Image”,“style”:“”,“width”:“100”,“height”:“100”,“alt”:“The Independent”}}]]Is overdiagnosis harming the healthy? This is a question that health care professionals from around the world are considering, explains The Independent.

As the article notes, in September 2013, health care professionals will convene at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice for the international conference “Preventing Overdiagnosis” to address overdiagnosis and develop ways to prevent the problem.

Read the full story, published on 5/30/12 by The Independent.