”The harm and the benefit of treatment is about the same” - cardiac screening for athletes

Medicine and Science from The BMJ - A podcast by The BMJ

Sudden cardiac death of young athletes needs to be avoided but does screening really help? Hans Van Braband, researcher at the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, joins us to explain that the evidence for screening doesn't show benefit, and may lead to harm. Read the full analysis: http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i1156