Scronx
04-17-2006, 09:29 PM
Linked today at ANU.ORG: Drugs companies 'inventing diseases to boost their profits'. Is this article itself on the level? One of its examples is
OSTEOPOROSIS
Symptoms thinning of the bones, particularly among postmenopausal women
Criticism portrayed as a disease in its own right, when it is really a risk factor for broken bones
....................which would seem to make light of a very common and well-established pathology. But the possibility that they're making up diseases to save us from would definitely fit the profile. Consider:
http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.6.29.101547.295.html (http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.6.29.101547.295.html)
Most leading scientists agree that there is virtually no proof (http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/controversy.htm) that AIDS is a transmitted disease of any sort, much less that there is an "HIV" virus that causes it - in fact, this so-called "HIV" virus itself has never been isolated (http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/award.htm). Not once! Furthermore, "HIV" tests are notoriously unreliable (http://www.aliveandwell.org/index.php?page=reasons), and many (or all) AIDS diagnoses are actually mistaken diagnoses (http://www.aliveandwell.org/index.php?page=africa) of other, well-established diseases. The degree of credibility given to this shoddy "evidence", as well as the sheer amount of money spent on combating an AIDS "epidemic" spread by the "HIV virus" clearly indicate the presence of another force in play here, one that stands to gain from such a situation.
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en& (http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_ep q=aids+myth&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype= &as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_ rights=&safe=images) btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=aids+myth&as_oq=&as_eq =&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as _occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=& safe=images
http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/
The main text of the Drugs companies inventing diseases article begins as follows:
PHARMACEUTICAL companies are systematically creating diseases in order to sell more of their products, turning healthy people into patients and placing many at risk of harm, a special edition of a leading medical journal claims today.
The practice of “diseasemongering” by the drug industry is promoting non-existent illnesses or exaggerating minor ones for the sake of profits, according to a set of essays published by the open-access journal Public Library of Science Medicine.
The special issue, edited by David Henry, of Newcastle University in Australia, and Ray Moynihan, an Australian journalist, reports that conditions such as female sexual dysfunction, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and “restless legs syndrome” have been promoted by companies hoping to sell more of their drugs.
Other minor problems that are a normal part of life, such as symptoms of the menopause, are also becoming increasingly “medicalised”, while risk factors such as high cholesterol levels or osteoporosis are being presented as diseases in their own right, according to the editors..............
OSTEOPOROSIS
Symptoms thinning of the bones, particularly among postmenopausal women
Criticism portrayed as a disease in its own right, when it is really a risk factor for broken bones
....................which would seem to make light of a very common and well-established pathology. But the possibility that they're making up diseases to save us from would definitely fit the profile. Consider:
http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.6.29.101547.295.html (http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.6.29.101547.295.html)
Most leading scientists agree that there is virtually no proof (http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/controversy.htm) that AIDS is a transmitted disease of any sort, much less that there is an "HIV" virus that causes it - in fact, this so-called "HIV" virus itself has never been isolated (http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/award.htm). Not once! Furthermore, "HIV" tests are notoriously unreliable (http://www.aliveandwell.org/index.php?page=reasons), and many (or all) AIDS diagnoses are actually mistaken diagnoses (http://www.aliveandwell.org/index.php?page=africa) of other, well-established diseases. The degree of credibility given to this shoddy "evidence", as well as the sheer amount of money spent on combating an AIDS "epidemic" spread by the "HIV virus" clearly indicate the presence of another force in play here, one that stands to gain from such a situation.
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en& (http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_ep q=aids+myth&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype= &as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_ rights=&safe=images) btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=aids+myth&as_oq=&as_eq =&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as _occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=& safe=images
http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/
The main text of the Drugs companies inventing diseases article begins as follows:
PHARMACEUTICAL companies are systematically creating diseases in order to sell more of their products, turning healthy people into patients and placing many at risk of harm, a special edition of a leading medical journal claims today.
The practice of “diseasemongering” by the drug industry is promoting non-existent illnesses or exaggerating minor ones for the sake of profits, according to a set of essays published by the open-access journal Public Library of Science Medicine.
The special issue, edited by David Henry, of Newcastle University in Australia, and Ray Moynihan, an Australian journalist, reports that conditions such as female sexual dysfunction, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and “restless legs syndrome” have been promoted by companies hoping to sell more of their drugs.
Other minor problems that are a normal part of life, such as symptoms of the menopause, are also becoming increasingly “medicalised”, while risk factors such as high cholesterol levels or osteoporosis are being presented as diseases in their own right, according to the editors..............