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The Myth Stories That Sell Drugs

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We are told serotonin deficiency causes depression; too much cholesterol excess causes heart disease; too much acid causes heartburn. Now we are being told too much amyloid causes Alzheimer’s.

These statements are the key rationale for selling antidepressants, cholesterol lowering drugs, antacids and soon, anti-amyloid antibody injections. But are they true or are they myth stories designed to sell drugs, cloaked in dubious circumstantial evidence, backed up by medical guidelines, but not by the actual science or what actually causes these diseases?

Join me in conversation with award-winning medical journalist, Jerome Burne.

Read more in my blogs and reports on my website.

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50 episoder

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Manage episode 376449611 series 2891198
Indhold leveret af patrickholford. Alt podcastindhold inklusive episoder, grafik og podcastbeskrivelser uploades og leveres direkte af patrickholford eller deres podcastplatformspartner. Hvis du mener, at nogen bruger dit ophavsretligt beskyttede værk uden din tilladelse, kan du følge processen beskrevet her https://da.player.fm/legal.

We are told serotonin deficiency causes depression; too much cholesterol excess causes heart disease; too much acid causes heartburn. Now we are being told too much amyloid causes Alzheimer’s.

These statements are the key rationale for selling antidepressants, cholesterol lowering drugs, antacids and soon, anti-amyloid antibody injections. But are they true or are they myth stories designed to sell drugs, cloaked in dubious circumstantial evidence, backed up by medical guidelines, but not by the actual science or what actually causes these diseases?

Join me in conversation with award-winning medical journalist, Jerome Burne.

Read more in my blogs and reports on my website.

  continue reading

50 episoder

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