Scientists Against Disease Mongering

"New conference addresses social implications of pharmaceutical companies marketing drugs for minor disorders."

"Pharmaceutical companies are marketing yesterday's unfortunate discomfort as today's official disorder, says an international group of scientists and physicians who gathered this week in Australia for the first ever Conference on Disease-Mongering. The meeting—and a series of papers published to coincide with it—addresses the social, financial and medical repercussions of disease mongering and calls on pharmaceutical companies, doctors and the general public to help put a stop to this practice."