Even a test that finds only real cancers may be unable to tell aggressive, dangerous ones apart from indolent ones that might never do any harm, leaving patients to decide whether to watch and wait or to go through surgery, chemotherapy and radiation with all the associated risks and side effects.
"Councils have been forced to redirect the funding that remains to protect those children at immediate risk of harm, leaving less money available for early help services such as children's centres," said Richard Watts, chairman of the LGA's Children and Young People Board.
Larry and his bike collided with the lead horse (who wasn't harmed), leaving him and his bike badly torn up.
Of these, 981 (6.2%) were excluded as there was no record of 'intent', a further 110 (0.7%) were removed where the intent was documented as self-harm, leaving a study population of 14 845 cases.
Litzman explains the generally accepted theory of alternative liability in which two defendants who both acted negligently but could not both have caused the same harm can each be held liable for 100% of the harm, then left to each other to sort the proper share of responsibility.
On the other, his parents clearly did each other real harm and left their son with a lasting residue of anger.
For instance, tiny babies are often prescribed a mix of three powerful drugs to treat acid reflux even though most will never come to any harm if left untreated.
Players and coaches describe how athletes have fallen ill without warning on the court, how some players and spectators have seen shadowy figures materialize in front of the basket during a big game, how the threat of harm has left players unraveled.
Unless there is some understanding of the natural history of the cancers that are found — which are dangerous and which are not — the result can easily be more treatment of cancers that would not cause harm if left untreated, he said.
In other words: even conceding that leaving the happy child out of existence makes that child worse off than that child might have been – even conceding, that is, that the happy child incurs a "loss" or sustains a "harm" when left out of existence – that loss, according to Variabilism, has no moral significance.
