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Malady mongers: How drug companies sell treatments by inventing diseases

21 pointsby HoppedUpMenacealmost 7 years ago

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didgeoridooalmost 7 years ago
&gt; “Everyone’s legs feel restless now and then”<p>Yes, and everyone feels sad now and then, so depression is a made-up problem too.<p>I know Restless Legs Syndrome gets some laughs because it sounds like the name of some mid-90s jam band, but naming the condition really helps when you’re searching for solutions. It turns out that supplementing magnesium was sufficient to eliminate my RLS, but I probably never would have found this out if I had to search for “legs feel like they are being attacked by electric ants at 3 in the morning”.