Running to the doctor for every little ache and pain may not be the best thing for you.

In this special Consumer Report we see that too many Americans are being over diagnosed, misdiagnosed, succumb to unneeded testing and over rely on specialists.

Patients treated most aggressively are at increased risk of infections and medical errors that come from uncoordinated care, such as doctors prescribing drugs that duplicate or interact with other drugs. They also tend to receive poorer care, spend a lot more money for co-payments, and are the least satisfied with their health care, the Dartmouth researchers found.

Here's a shining example; "Consider the case of a middle-aged IBM executive from the New York City area who experienced chest pain. He went to a cardiologist, who ordered a full workup, including a CT scan of his chest. The scan found no heart problem, but at the edge of the film the radiologist noticed "something funny" in the neck area. A neck surgeon performed a biopsy and found nothing wrong. The cardiologist then performed an angiogram to look for abnormalities in the blood vessels. Complications from that procedure landed the executive in the hospital for a brief period. By the time it was over, his bills were more than $150,000 and he still had no diagnosis. Eventually the pain disappeared on its own.

Months later, when the executive's chest pain returned, he told his medical history to Paul Grundy, M.D., an internist and director of health-care technology and strategic initiatives at IBM's headquarters in Armonk, N.Y. Grundy asked him what he was doing at the time. "Oh, we started gardening again," the man told him. It turned out that overzealous use of his string trimmer had strained a chest muscle, a condition that required no treatment other than an over-the-counter pain reliever. None of the high-priced specialists (some call them the "partialists") had considered muscle strain, a common condition often mistaken for heart pain."

This is nothing new, here is more evidence of how common this problem is. Take control of your health;eat healthy and exercise everyday.