Turning the ordinary experiences of life into a diagnosis

Hey, it’s working for the drug companies:

In one sense, the ads have been successful. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that every dollar drug companies spend on ads brings more than four dollars in additional sales. But for most others, the result has been soaring medical insurance costs, toxic side effects, and new tensions between doctors and patients, who increasingly badger doctors for the drugs they’ve seen on TV.

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