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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2003
SPECIAL EDITION
CREATING NEW MEDICAL DISORDERS FOR PROFIT

EDITOR’S NOTES
THE CORPORATE-SPONSORED CREATION OF DISEASE
There is not much in medicine that is as shoddy as the alliance formed between doctors and the drug industry to construct new disorders. This even comes at a time when medicine is being portrayed as corrupt in the mainstream medical journals….

THE MAKING OF A DISEASE: FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
A cohort of researchers with close ties to drug companies are working with colleagues in the pharmaceutical industry to develop and define a new category of human illness at meetings heavily sponsored by companies racing to develop new drugs….

FIRST, YOU MARKET THE DISEASE…THEN YOU PUSH THE PILLS TO TREAT IT
The ugly truth about doctors, PR firms, and drug companies: Prominent doctors are enlisted to publicly affirm the malady’s ubiquity, then public-relations firms launch campaigns to promote the new disease, using dramatic statistics from corporate-sponsored studies….

THE LATEST DRUG COMPANY TACTIC: DISEASE AWARENESS
Are you noticing more stories in the media trying to get you to see your doctor about a treatment for "social anxiety disorder?" The symptoms seem pretty familiar - sweaty palms, nervousness in a crowd….

THE RISE AND FALL OF ADD/ADHD
In 1980, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) was invented in committee, for DSM-III. In 1987, ADD was revised, becoming ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder….

FLASHBACK: PRESCRIPTION DRUG BS AWARD FOR 2001
Eli Lilly’s aggressive come-on for "Sarafem" is shameless…Even psychiatrists, who are quick to call any part of the body that moves a disease are being cautious about this outrageous marketing ploy…

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