What are false positives?
What are false positives?
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When getting a medical diagnosis, it’s important to understand the terms. Negative is good, positive is bad, false positive is great in a way, but false negative is the worst. Learn all about false positives, when your tests indicate you have a disease of some kind when you don’t, and what this means in the medical community at large.