http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/06/advocacys-power-and-the-disease-olympics/ A science salon hosted by National Geographic Magazine Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2-alpha http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/06/advocacys-power-and-the-disease-olympics/#comment-42442 Erik Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:34:48 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=153067#comment-42442 I enjoyed your article. Thank you.

]]> http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/06/advocacys-power-and-the-disease-olympics/#comment-42433 Maija Haavisto Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:45:06 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=153067#comment-42433 The disease olympics are very unfair towards many illnesses. Breast cancer gets a disproportionate amount of research money compared to other cancers, even considering how common it is. CFS/ME gets a tiny fraction of the research money that MS gets, despite being very similar, equally serious and several times more common.

]]> http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/06/advocacys-power-and-the-disease-olympics/#comment-42316 Richard Fiddian-Green Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:38:23 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=153067#comment-42316 On the button! Have to wonder what the NIH is there for, training ‘scientists” to bring clarity to a field in which clinicians have allegedly failed dismally….or to sieze control of healthcare from clinicians by gerrymandering. Subspecialization is the classic union ploy, bolstered by credentialng, recertification, and dictating best practices in dealing with the professional elite.

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