Love this article. From my own experience of suffering more than 13 years with a calcifying vas deferens - diagnosed and removed only a year and a half ago by a doctor who did a direct physical exam - I agree completely that all the technology can miss simple
physical problems. I had multiple CT and ultrasounds of my groin with the diagnosis of a varicocele, completely contrary to the physical symptomology.
I've described the ongoing experience a number of times in my blog, including the successful results of the surgery.
A few weeks ago the doctor who found and removed the calcifying vas gave me the response I've been looking for for more than a decade: "Looks like it's good. Let me know if you need anything, but otherwise I don't need to see you again unless there's a new problem."