Stress, Disease, Pfizer, and the FDA

Another great reason to spread meditation. Vedic meditators have heard a lot from me already about the power of the practice to shed the stress that manifests as bodily symptoms and suffering. This article in today's New York Times says so much about the state of play in the US today:

Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?
Fibromyalgia is a real disease. Or so says Pfizer in a new television advertising campaign for Lyrica, the first medicine approved to treat the pain condition, whose very existence is questioned by some doctors. Here's the link:

www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/health/14pain.html?ex=1200978000&en=81749339d5c23bcd&ei=5070