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Declaring it always a disease means millions will get treatment they may not need, writes Francesco Rubino
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Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen on how society can pull together to avoid a health and economic catastrophe

Medicine has neglected mammary glands for too long

Treatments should encourage healthy cells as well as killing unhealthy ones

The expiry of patents in China, India and elsewhere will boost uptake dramatically

Even tiny bursts of activity have measurable benefits

To recover its lead in obesity drugs, Novo Nordisk is transforming itself