Most of us want to believe doctors are the ultimate guardians of truth and health. They’re the ones we trust when everything else feels uncertain. But history has a way of reminding us that medicine, for all its noble intentions, is still a business—and where there’s big money, there are even bigger incentives to look the other way.
From the pharmaceutical scandals of the 20th century to eyebrow-raising modern endorsements, the medical world has seen its share of jaw-dropping moments when doctors were, quite literally, paid to pretend the obvious wasn’t so obvious.
