The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they’re okay, then it’s you. - Rita Mae Brown Are you balding? Get treated for alopecia. Thin eyelashes? You may have hypotrichosis. 50+ male with a reduced sex drive and erection troubles? Andropause could be the cause. If you are a woman with inadequate breast development, it’s really a disease, according to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. An issue of the Seattle Times quoted that 75% of the adult US population was diseased. Are we increasingly becoming biologically indisposed? Or is something else at work? Medicalization is a social process through which previously non-medical conditions are turned into ‘medical problems’ primarily by...
