Article February 6, 1989 Issue

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Joseph D. Wassersug—August 30, 1988

The Wall Street Journal

"Unhealthy Preoccupation With Health" By Dr. Joseph D. Wassersug

"The airwaves, the printed page and public lectures bombard us constantly with apprehensions and fears about our well-being. Almost everywhere you turn, you find the once-conservative medical profession creating demands and huckstering claims that were, only so recently, not only unethical but unthinkable....

"This is not without cost, both psychological and monetary. Almost everything that is done to promote the public awareness of an ailment induces a concomitant rise in anxiety ....

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