Study demonstrates need for understanding societal, economic impact of growing medicalization

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Study demonstrates need for understanding societal, economic impact of growing medicalization

Menopause. Normal pregnancy. Infertility. ADHD. Erectile dysfunction. Over the last several decades, these conditions have come to be defined and treated as medical problems. They've been "medicalized." In the first study of its kind in the current issue of Social Science and Medicine, Brandeis researchers used national data to estimate the costs of these and a handful of other common conditions on escalating U.S. healthcare spending.

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Tags: Menopause, Infertility, Erectile Dysfunction, ADHD, Men's Health, Women's Health, Pregnancy, Sexual Dysfunction