text_1: Treadmill test has limited usefulness
text_2: "This story explains why, for many people, treadmill stress testing is a poor tool for detecting heart disease and predicting mortality. The article was whittled down by half from a longer version written by the New York Times’ Jane E Brody six days earlier. (Is it a coincidence that the Charlotte paper hacked the original story exactly in half – from the original 1,166 words to 583? Did an editor just say, ""Cut it in half.""?) Regardless of length, the story lacks important information on several fronts:    It does not describe the quality of the scientific evidence on stress tests It fails to mention potential harms of a positive test  It does not adequately quantify the potential benefits of a stress test It lacks information about other options for diagnosing heart disease"