Horizon S52E13 — Are Health Tests Really A Good Idea?

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Horizon•Season 52•Episode 13

Are Health Tests Really A Good Idea?

7.0/10 · 19 votesAug 12, 201560 min

Ranked #13 of 16 in Season 52•−0.4 vs season avg

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Michael Mosley puts himself through a battery of health tests available to people who feel perfectly well. From an expensive heart scan to a new national screening procedure to detect the earliest signs of bowel cancer, Mosley sets out to discover which if any of

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