Sentences with phrase «marketed as a treatment for conditions»

Meditation is increasingly being marketed as a treatment for conditions such as pain, depression, stress and addiction, and while many people achieve therapeutic goals, other meditators encounter a much broader range of experiences — sometimes distressing and even impairing ones — along the way.

Not exact matches

With the release and aggressive marketing of the long - acting narcotic OxyContin in 1996, a class of drugs that had largely been reserved for cancer patients was becoming a go - to treatment for conditions such as lower back pain.

The government money will be allocated to two areas: rare or incurable diseases for which there is little incentive for private investment, such as spinal cord damage; and common chronic conditions, such as arthritis, for which the aim is to help South Korean companies to capture part of the large potential market for treatments.

This product was introduced the consumer market as a medical treatment for conditions such as osteoporosis and anemia.