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"Compared to the reality of the drug
industry, my book reads like a vacation post card"
John Le Carre, Author |
DO WE HAVE A HEALTH CARE OR DISEASE CARE INDUSTRY?
"Medicine as an organization, acts more out
of economic motives than scientific ones."
Dr. Robert Atkins - author of 'The
Age-Defying Diet Revolution'
Did you know?
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Doctors Are The Third
Leading Cause of Death in the US, Causing 250,000 Deaths Every Year
(Journal of the American Medical Association, 2000 Jul
26;284(4):483-5)
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12,000 -- unnecessary surgery
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7,000 -- medication errors in hospitals
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20,000 -- other errors in hospitals
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80,000 -- infections in hospitals
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106,000 -- non-error, negative effects
of drugs
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In 2000 there is a doctors
strike in Israel. The death rate fell so sharply (50%) during the
strike that the Israeli funeral parlors and burial associations began
complaining. The last time the mortality rate dropped that low was 20
years previously during the time of the last doctor's strike.
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One of the reasons the
Japanese live so long may be that prescription drugs are "last resorts" in
Japan.
To learn about why the health
care industry keeps us sick and what you can do about it, read chapter
2, "What
They May Not Want You To Get Well"
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