Julian Bradley wrote: > > If this description, together with the possibility of detecting the rare > condition of haemochromatosis doesn't seem to justify the test we should > probably stop doing it, and I agree that opening such issues up to > professional and public debate and scrutiny is helpful. > How rare is haemochromatosis? I recall reading that it isn't very rare - like about 1 in 2 to 3 hundred. Average list will have 5 or 6 I guess - seems high to me though. Cheers -- Jel