diseases?

The study by the National Institutes of Health stated that, “This is compelling evidence that the choice of words by physicians can significantly affect parents’ views of their children’s health.  The way we identify and deal with annoying normal or insignificant variations and how we discuss them with parents makes a big difference in the quality of care.“

According to the study’s authors, “GERD is certainly not the first or only condition to be suspected of widespread overdiagnosis and overtreatment.”  This confirms what I have been saying for a very long time.  Simply tack the word disease onto the end of any health problem you choose, and you can turn people’s brains to mush.  Big Pharma is very aware of this simple trick, and uses it quite effectively to scare people into just about anything they wish —- most specifically buying their drugs. 

It should be noted what the study’s authors actually told parents after they told them their child had a “disease“.   “Studies have shown that this medicine probably doesn’t do anything to help improve symptoms in babies with [GERD/this problem].“  Educate yourselves, or you and your family will wind up as tools —- commodities to be used by Big Pharma as lifetime money makers!