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IS GLOBAL HEALTH TOO MEDICALIZED?
Although I (L.T.) have thought and written for years about medicalization (especially the medicalization of sex), the application of this concept to issues of global health is new to me. Jocalyn Clark, a PhD public […]
A LOOPHOLE FOR INDUSTRY TO PROMOTE OFF-LABEL?
Earlier this year, the FDA revisited its policies on distributing reprints of medical and scientific journal publications in its revised draft guidance entitled, “Distributing Scientific and Medical Publications on Unapproved New Uses–Recommended Practices” . If it […]
INCHING TOWARDS “THE PATIENT REVOLUTION”
Escalating calls for a “patient revolution” are pouring in from the blogs and books of doctors, researchers, patients, activists, and all sorts of policy people. The movement is not all new, however. In “Towards the […]
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH FLIBANSERIN
I (LT) have learned about the machinations of SELLING SICKNESS largely through decades of work as a sexologist examining and trying to limit the medicalization of sexuality. Flibanserin is a serotonergic antidepressant proposed to help […]
PRO PROPUBLICA
Investigative journalism is essential to the project of SELLING SICKNESS as we seek to understand disease-mongering and promote healthcare reform. PROPUBLICA, an online newsroom that produces journalism “in the public interest,” is becoming an important partner […]
IS ALL THAT RAMBLING TOO CONFUSING?? FDA THINKS SO.
Are you tired of television ads for prescription drugs that warn of nausea, insomnia, diarrhea and suicidal thoughts? Well, I (KW) am and I’m not alone. In my opinion, it’s crazy that direct-to-consumer marketing is […]
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM CHINA, MAINE
The charmingly named China, Maine, is a small American town of about 5000 souls in the middle of a small northern state. None of us in the healthcare reform community would ever have heard of […]
