Medical test surprises: What should you be told?

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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a growing side effect of modern medicine: A test for one condition turns up something completely unrelated that could be a threat — or could be a false alarm.

These so-called incidental findings tell people more than they bargained for, things they might not need or want to know.

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