Effects of changing diagnostic requirements

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We have talked about this before. How the medical world has changed the specifications for diagnosing various conditions for the purpose of increasing the use of certain medications.

Part 41: Conflicts of Interest in Medicine: Vitamin D and Cholesterol Enigmas

This article discusses a couple of pharmaceutical industry examples of how conflicts of interest and dishonest marketing practices affect people. Nevertheless, many conflicts of interest occurs outside the pharmaceutical industry. The end results are taking no action or the wrong actions, which prevent cost-effective disease prevention. This article also explores examples of government authorities and a few scientific organizations that block the use and availability of effective and affordable nutrient products and medications.

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Part 42: Expanding Treatable Populations by Lowering Diagnosis Cutoff Limits of Diseases

In the mid-1960s, prominence was given to a group of chronic disorders, including elevated blood pressure (hypertension), high cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia), and chronic pulmonary and kidney diseases (CKD). In response, the pharmaceutical industry was successful in developing new classes of expensive, prescription drugs and market effectively for these forefront disorders. The thinking and strategy at that time was to identify a disease/entity and develop a drug to reduce its severity.

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[Marz]

Thanks for posting this. Saw it in my Grassroots Health Newsletter but couldn't organise the C&P - I am a dinosaur .. 🤔

[Mamapea1]

Thanks for posting...it helps members to understand how/why treatment and advice from medics often differs from their real life experiences. A terrible business.