Death by Medicine

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http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/mar2004_awsi_death_01.htm

Death by Medicine

By Gary Null, PhD; Carolyn Dean MD, ND;

Martin Feldman, MD; Debora Rasio, MD; and Dorothy Smith, PhD

Something is wrong when regulatory agencies pretend that vitamins are

dangerous, yet ignore published statistics showing that government-sanctioned

medicine is the real hazard.

Until now, Life Extension could cite only isolated statistics to make its

case about the dangers of conventional medicine. No one had ever analyzed and

combined ALL of the published literature dealing with injuries and deaths

caused by government-protected medicine. That has now changed.

A group of researchers meticulously reviewed the statistical evidence and

their findings are absolutely shocking.4

These researchers have authored a paper titled "Death by Medicine" that

presents compelling evidence that today's system frequently causes more harm

than good.

This fully referenced report shows the number of people having in-hospital,

adverse reactions to prescribed drugs to be 2.2 million per year. The number of

unnecessary antibiotics prescribed annually for viral infections is 20 million

per year. The number of unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed

annually is 7.5 million per year. The number of people exposed to unnecessary

hospitalization annually is 8.9 million per year.

The most stunning statistic, however, is that the total number of deaths

caused by conventional medicine is an astounding 783,936 per year. It is now

evident that the American medical system is the leading cause of death and

injury in the US. (By contrast, the number of deaths attributable to heart

disease in 2001 was 699,697, while the number of deaths attributable to cancer

was 553,251.5)

We placed this article on our website to memorialize the failure of the

American medical system. By exposing these gruesome statistics in painstaking

detail, we provide a basis for competent and compassionate medical

professionals to recognize the inadequacies of today's system and at least

attempt to institute meaningful reforms.

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