Conditions such as female sexual dysfunction syndrome, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, toenail fungus, baldness and social anxiety disorder (a. Within a normal condition (baldness, fatigue), a small number of people suffer from severe and unusual manifestations who might benefit from treatment. One of my favorite examples of disease mongering started when researchers (with substantial pharmaceutical company backing) began publicizing a condition they called female sexual dysfunction. The pharmaceutical industry decided that it could create an even larger market for new drugs by creating a sense of female sexual inadequacy. Government funding for public health campaigns (TB, AIDS prevention, sexually transmitted diseases and obesity) pales by comparison with the billions spent by pharmaceutical companies on disease mongering intended to increase the markets for their products. read more

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