Comments on: Are you being “over-diagnosed”?

By: stevebMD

stevebMD — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:28:18 +0000

Business is business, and as long as we continue to allow our health care decisions to be made by corporations and other organizations that put money ahead of patient well-being, this will continue to happen. It’s capitalism at work.

Unfortunately, these organizations are also involved in “educating” patients (and doctors) about what is illness and what is not. And in my field of psychiatry, educating patients (or “raising awareness”) often plants the seed of worry, and doctors rarely reassure patients that they’re actually okay.

http://thoughtbroadcast.com/2011/03/29/heres-a-disease-do-you-have-it/

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By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:46:11 +0000

You are 100% right – we have been medicalized from birth to death and every possible normal human experience in between. The pharmaceutical industry is in trouble (closing plants, moving offshore, laying off staff) so inventing new “diseases” is their one hope for keeping up sales revenues.

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By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:11:04 +0000

Hi SuperMom – don’t forget Vicks VapoRub!
cheers,
C.

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By: SuperMom101

SuperMom101 — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:23:28 +0000

Another awesome post! Until we the consumers (oops – I mean potential patient population) say enough is enough and stop taking the pills, change our lifestyles, and look at what’s on the end of our forks, we are only going to get sicker and sicker.

Growing up, the only “medicine” in the cabinet was aspirin, witch hazel, hydrogen peroxide, some bandaids, iodine and tincture soap. What was in yours?

Thanks again for keeping us so well informed.

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