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 ...

Autism children and parents enjoy a Halloween-style fall festival Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Carrie Fitts Real Estate in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / Two weeks ago, a team of ...

The term "medicalization" was popularized by the Catholic philosopher and social critic Ivan Illich. Illich was troubled by the way in which what was formerly regarded as deviant behavior had come to ...

After the punctilious scholars in a field have hammered the last nail into the coffin of a decaying myth, a popularizer is often needed to trumpet the word abroad. Diseasing of America is such a ...

Got the blues? Here's a pill. Not happy with the shape of your belly? A tummy tuck will fix that. Want to schedule the date of your healthy baby's birth? A scalpel will be waiting. Thirty-five years ...

New and expanded medical definitions have turned a staggering number of people in recent years into patients who are told they need treatment, usually with prescription drugs. MinnPost’s journalists ...