Disease mongering
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Overdiagnosis of disease: a modern epidemic sickness.
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September 23, 2012 9:49 AM
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Moynihan raises major questions about drug studies: Drug benefits exaggerated?

Moynihan raises major questions about drug studies: Drug benefits exaggerated? | Disease mongering | Scoop.it
Ray Moynihan’s investigative journalism book –  ‘Selling Sickness’ — was a tour de force – impaling the concept of ‘preventive pharmaceutical therapy’ for healthy individuals. If new to this see ‘disease mongering‘. He continues to raise issues that have major health service and public health ramifications. This paper in the BMJ won’t please those whose livelihood depends on drug sales and company stock prices.
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September 23, 2012 9:41 AM
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What’s Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses

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September 23, 2012 9:46 AM
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Disease mongering: una malattia per ogni pillola! - Paperblog

Disease mongering: una malattia per ogni pillola! - Paperblog | Disease mongering | Scoop.it
DI ALICE FABBRI E CHIARA BODINI (fonte: www.saluteinternazionale.info)Mentre un tempo si inventavano medicinali contro le malattie, ora si inventano malattie per generare nuovi...
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September 23, 2012 9:34 AM
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Ray Moynihan. How the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies are turning us all into patients.

Ray Moynihan. How the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies are turning us all into patients. | Disease mongering | Scoop.it
Ray Moynihan is an award-winning health journalist, author, documentary-maker and academic researcher...
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