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- What is a "false Positive" Test Result?A test result is false positive when it indicates an abnormality or a disease in someone who does not have the condition. Sometimes the testing equipment or the person administering the test may be at fault. Other times...
- False Positive Mammogram Screenings Do Not Risk LivesGuidelines suggesting mammogram screening for women below age fifty risks lives. The price of following up a false positive result is nothing compared to the lives saved each year by detecting breast cancer early.
What Causes a False Positive TB Skin Test?The tuberculosis skin test (TST) is a simple and valuable tool for detecting tuberculosis exposure and infection. But testing positive does not always indicate TB.- False-Positive Drug Test Results - What Causes You to Test Positive?Did your doctor prescribe the amphetamine, Dexedrin, to help you loose weight? Congratulations! You just tested positive for speed.
- Adding Ultrasound to Mammography Finds More Cancers, but Increases False PositivesResearchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have released a report that is a bit of a two-edged sword.
- What is the Hindenburg Omen and Will a Stock Market Crash Follow?The Hindenburg Omen is a technical indicator developed by Jim Miekka. It has predicted every market crash since 1987.
- False Positives -The Elusive Gains and Losses of Basketball VersatilityGarnett became a full-time 4, maybe unnecessarily. Chris Bosh is a lacking 4, and Shareef Abdur-Rahim settled into tradition. Who's better in the end?
- Acclaim Games: Customer Service, Where Has it Gone?Sometimes you get what you least expect. And that's not always a good thing. This is a description of how the big business cares very little, if at all, about how they treat their customers. Also: How a complaint should NOT be handled.
The Difference Between Type I and Type II Common Thinking ErrorsHuman beings, in general, are subject to two common types of thinking errors, being either Type I or Type II. Knowing the difference between these two can have a great impact in mental health and increase our thinking and reasoning capacity.
