We see a trend towards wanting to make these fast diagnoses. Screening programs such as depression may increase awareness of the problem of depression, but often all it does is support the idea that depression is a singular biological entity. This idea is highly promoted by the pharmaceutical industry, but has no support in the [...]
Archive for February 2012
When Something Is Wrong
February 27, 2012Messing with the Message: Alzheimer Society of Canada’s Advice and Big Pharma’s Self-interest
February 6, 2012“The need for an early diagnosis” is the central message of the January awareness month campaign sponsored by the Alzheimer Society of Canada (ASC). In a recent CTV news broadcast, this message was repeated once again. According to the ASC’s Naguib Gouda, 75% of those surveyed said “they wished they had gone to see their [...]
