Do I need this at all?
The uncomfortable page: measuring more does not mean knowing more. What speaks for and against blood tests on your own initiative.
Incidental findings
The more values measured, the more likely one falls outside the reference range by chance — without any disease value. What follows are follow-up investigations, costs and worry.
Family medicine is critical
Unspecific broad-panel blood tests without cause are viewed critically by Swiss family medicine; targeted testing based on cause and risk is recommended.
Where to look it up
EviPrev shows, graded by evidence, which preventive examinations make sense at which age; smarter medicine maintains top-5 lists of unnecessary measures — with patient versions.