Originally Posted by woj

you could get screened every 12 months for diseases you have high probability of getting... so if you end up getting them, they will get diagnosed early and your chance of survival/cure would be much greater?

but you are probably right, it's useless cause for example really it doesn't matter if your chance of getting prostate cancer is 20 or 30%, you should get screened for it regularly anyway... same with diabates, etc...