Are health agencies herding the public into needless vaccinations, cholesterol, and PSA testing? Which non-disease do you have?
medications and treatment. Whether it’s the demand for flu shots that are frankly
In 2002 an article in the British Medical
ineffective, or efforts to lower cholesterol
Journal talked about “disease mongering.” which do not lower mortality rates, or
Its authors said: “Some forms of lowering PSA (prostate specific antigen) ‘medicalization’ may now be better described as ‘disease mongering’ extending the helps to detect cancer that is present in boundaries of treatable illness to expand most mature males anyway, government
markets for new products.” They said: guidelines are installed that call for doctors “There's a lot of money to be made from
to do more doctoring. The public falls for
telling healthy people they're sick.” [British
public health agencies are not connected to
The public now hears their total For example, while the National Institutes cholesterol is 240, their PSA count is
above 5, or that they are at risk and must
aspirin and statin drugs has brought down
sheep, seeks more doctoring, testing and
tobacco that has primarily caused heart and
blood-vessel related mortality to drop in
order to herd the public into doctors’
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related mortality began long before statin
drugs were first used (Mevacor 1987) and
Disease mongering
before higher-dose statin drugs were employed that marginally reduced A report by Howard Wolinsky in a recent mortality rates (by less than 1%).
edition of the European Molecular Biology
Examine the charts and maps below. Organization Journal asks: “Does the Geographical maps reveal higher pharmaceutical industry manufacture diseases cardiovascular mortality rates and match
as well as drugs?” [European Molecular
condition or assembly of cholesterol, blood
public on these issues, the whole charade
Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine (Jan 1,
2004) as saying: "A new disease is being born."
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Pharmaceutical Executive noted: "The emergence of cholesterol reduction as a market
The public is being herded, not for reasons
was a major event for pharma. Metabolic
of improving health or lowering mortality
syndrome X promises to be as big or bigger.”
rates, but for expanding the fortunes of
The problem is, the vast majority of health-
minded people haven’t caught on to this.
After note: Still phobic over cholesterol?
Read How To Lower Your Cholesterol Phobia,
Another example is social anxiety disorder, better known as shyness, "shyness is a new disease invented by a drug company," says Sidney Wolfe, executive director of the Public Citizen's Health Research Group.
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Are health agencies herding the public into needless vaccinations, cholesterol, and PSA testing? 
related mortality began long before statin
drugs were first used (Mevacor 1987) and
Disease mongering 
Pharmaceutical Executive noted: "The emergence of cholesterol reduction as a market
The public is being herded, not for reasons
was a major event for pharma. Metabolic
of improving health or lowering mortality
syndrome X promises to be as big or bigger.”
rates, but for expanding the fortunes of
The problem is, the vast majority of health-
minded people haven’t caught on to this.
After note: Still phobic over cholesterol?
Read How To Lower Your Cholesterol Phobia,
Another example is social anxiety disorder, better known as shyness, "shyness
is a new disease invented by a drug company," says Sidney Wolfe, executive director of the Public Citizen's Health Research Group.
Copyright 2006 Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc.