The nine organizations that are part of the “Choosing Wisely’’ campaign - American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, American College of Radiology, American Gastroenterological Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Nephrology, and American Society of Nuclear Cardiology - each reviewed medical evidence over months and settled on a list of five tests and procedures that are often overused.

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