Posted on 03/14/2005 3:25:09 AM PST by Humblebum
By Gary Null PhD, Carolyn Dean MD ND, Martin Feldman MD, Debora Rasio MD, Dorothy Smith PhD
ABSTRACT
A definitive review and close reading of medical peer-review journals, and government health statistics shows that American medicine frequently causes more harm than good. The number of people having in-hospital, adverse drug reactions (ADR) to prescribed medicine is 2.2 million.1 Dr. Richard Besser, of the CDC, in 1995, said the number of unnecessary antibiotics prescribed annually for viral infections was 20 million. Dr. Besser, in 2003, now refers to tens of millions of unnecessary antibiotics.2, 2a
The number of unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually is 7.5 million.3 The number of people exposed to unnecessary hospitalization annually is 8.9 million.4 The total number of iatrogenic deaths shown in the following table is 783,936. It is evident that the American medical system is the leading cause of death and injury in the United States. The 2001 heart disease annual death rate is 699,697; the annual cancer death rate, 553,251.5
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LOL! We're bonding, dude.
Well, you'd know better than me;I feel confident you had to take more chemistry than I did! ;^)
Here's hoping your greens are true and the weather holds for 18!
"I don't want to waste my time coming up with stuff that's obvious to everyone except you."
Apparently your ideas aren't that obvious to "everyone" after all. There are a number of people who disagree with you here.
"I'm not wasting my time arguing with a flat earther."
I thought flat-earthers were the ones who resisted looking at evidence. It seems you've changed the definition, as you are the one who has no interest in evidence and facts.
The original article actually had statistics and data in it. All you've offered is your opinion and derision for anyone who disagrees with your ideas.
I never said that modern medicine wasn't beneficial; if you had read my post you would have realized that. Your response is a non sequitur.
Destroying your liver doesn't help your health!
Yeah - all four just like you.
I thought flat-earthers were the ones who resisted looking at evidence.
Fits you perfectly
The original article actually had statistics and data in it. All you've offered is your opinion and derision for anyone who disagrees with your ideas.
Just like the "data" that HCI uses. Whatever .
You are so funny. I haven't had such a good laugh from a reply in a long time.
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