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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://articles.mercola.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Are You Finally Catching on to Phony Diseases?</title><link>http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2006/04/27/are-you-finally-catching-on-to-phony-diseases.aspx</link><description>According to a set of essays published in the Public Library of Science Medicine, d rug companies are systematically inventing non-existent diseases, or exaggerating minor ones, in order to sell more of their products. The practice turns healthy people</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: Are You Finally Catching on to Phony Diseases?</title><link>http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2006/04/27/are-you-finally-catching-on-to-phony-diseases.aspx#229688</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:30:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:229688</guid><dc:creator>jbtjanebtodarocom</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Restless Legs Syndrome, along with fibromyalgia, are extremely real, extremely painful, extremely annoying conditions, as are the symptoms of menopause, and it&amp;#39;s very disturbing that Dr. Mercola thinks Restless Legs Syndrome is either made up or greatly exaggerated. &amp;nbsp;Having suffered most of my life with RLS, I recently started using magnesium oil after seeing it advertised as a remedy for RLS and fibromyalgia on a medical website. &amp;nbsp; Although I&amp;#39;m not pain-free, my pain has been dramatically reduced through the use of this magnesium solution. &amp;nbsp;It turns out that many, if not not most, of us in the industrialized world are suffering from a magnesium deficiency that is due primarily to modern-day agricultural practices that deplete magnesium from the soil. &amp;nbsp;Most doctors are not trained in the health impact of mineral deficiency and often prescribe drugs when patients are suffering from mineral deficiencies that should be remedied in other ways. &amp;nbsp;WIthout adequate magnesium, muscles, nerves and joints cannot function properly. &amp;nbsp;Many ailments in the industrialized world are linked to magnesium deficiency. &amp;nbsp;Without adquate magnesium, people often become overcalcified, and overcalcification is what&amp;#39;s at work in many diseases and illnesses. &amp;nbsp;The drug companies&amp;#39; promotion of their own products doesn&amp;#39;t mean the ailments those drugs are supposed to be used for aren&amp;#39;t real. That&amp;#39;s conventional medicine at its worst -- to say that because you don&amp;#39;t understand the condition or disease, it doesn&amp;#39;t really exist.&lt;/p&gt;
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