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Guest
October 29, 2003
Medical system is leading cause of death and injury in US
Shocking statistical evidence is cited by Gary Null PhD, Caroly Dean MD ND,
Martin Feldman MD, Debora Rasio MD and Dorothy Smith PhD in their recent
paper Death by Medicine -October 2003, released by the Nutrition Institute
of America.
"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. 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. The number of
unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually is 7.5
million. The number of people exposed to unnecessary hospitalization
annually is 8.9 million. 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.
Health Care expenditures in the US have reached 14% of the Gross National
Product and a staggering $1.6 trillion in 2003. No wonder, one might be
tempted to say. With such an appalling record of efficacy and such an
unbelievable death rate for the treatments routinely administered, the
current medical system can only be said to be in great need of deep reform.
Certainly it would appear more urgent to investigate the rationale, efficacy
and relative cost-effectiveness of pharmaceutical medicine than to legislate
restrictive rules for supplements of vital nutrients, as most governments
and some international organisations are doing in these times.
The Nutrition Institute of America
October 28, 2003
Deadly Medical Mistakes Exposed
New York, New York - New information has been presented showing the degree
to which Americans have been subjected to injury and death by medical
errors. The results of seven years of research reviewing thousands of
studies conducted by the NIA now show that medical errors are the number one
cause of death and injury in the United States.
According to the NIA's report, over 784,000 people die annually due to
medical mistakes. Comparatively, the 2001 annual death rate for heart
disease was 699,697 and the annual death rate for cancer was 553,251.
Over 2.2 million people are injured every year by prescription drugs alone
and over 20 million unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics are prescribed
annually for viral infections. The report also shows that 7.5 million
unnecessary medical and surgical procedures are performed every year and 8.9
million people are needlessly hospitalized annually. Based on the results of
NIA's report, it is evident that there is a pressing need for an overhaul of
the entire American medical system.
The findings, described as a "revelation" by Martin Feldman, MD, who helped
to uncover the evidence, are the product of the first comprehensive studies
on iatrogenic incidents. Never before has any study uncovered such a massive
amount of information with regard to iatrogenesis. Historically, only small
individual partial studies have been performed in this area.
Carolyn Dean, MD, a physician and author who also helped to uncover the
findings said, "I was completely shocked, amazed, and dismayed when I first
added up all the statistics on medical death and saw how much allopathic
medicine has betrayed us."
The Nutrition Institute of America is a not-for-profit, non-partisan
organization that has been enlightening the public on health issues for
nearly 30 years.
Download the whole report here.
For more information, contact David Slater, President of NIA at (646) 505 -
4660 x 155.
Alternatively contact: Richard Polonetsky (646)-505-4660 x171
Medical system is leading cause of death and injury in US
Shocking statistical evidence is cited by Gary Null PhD, Caroly Dean MD ND,
Martin Feldman MD, Debora Rasio MD and Dorothy Smith PhD in their recent
paper Death by Medicine -October 2003, released by the Nutrition Institute
of America.
"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. 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. The number of
unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually is 7.5
million. The number of people exposed to unnecessary hospitalization
annually is 8.9 million. 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.
Health Care expenditures in the US have reached 14% of the Gross National
Product and a staggering $1.6 trillion in 2003. No wonder, one might be
tempted to say. With such an appalling record of efficacy and such an
unbelievable death rate for the treatments routinely administered, the
current medical system can only be said to be in great need of deep reform.
Certainly it would appear more urgent to investigate the rationale, efficacy
and relative cost-effectiveness of pharmaceutical medicine than to legislate
restrictive rules for supplements of vital nutrients, as most governments
and some international organisations are doing in these times.
The Nutrition Institute of America
October 28, 2003
Deadly Medical Mistakes Exposed
New York, New York - New information has been presented showing the degree
to which Americans have been subjected to injury and death by medical
errors. The results of seven years of research reviewing thousands of
studies conducted by the NIA now show that medical errors are the number one
cause of death and injury in the United States.
According to the NIA's report, over 784,000 people die annually due to
medical mistakes. Comparatively, the 2001 annual death rate for heart
disease was 699,697 and the annual death rate for cancer was 553,251.
Over 2.2 million people are injured every year by prescription drugs alone
and over 20 million unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics are prescribed
annually for viral infections. The report also shows that 7.5 million
unnecessary medical and surgical procedures are performed every year and 8.9
million people are needlessly hospitalized annually. Based on the results of
NIA's report, it is evident that there is a pressing need for an overhaul of
the entire American medical system.
The findings, described as a "revelation" by Martin Feldman, MD, who helped
to uncover the evidence, are the product of the first comprehensive studies
on iatrogenic incidents. Never before has any study uncovered such a massive
amount of information with regard to iatrogenesis. Historically, only small
individual partial studies have been performed in this area.
Carolyn Dean, MD, a physician and author who also helped to uncover the
findings said, "I was completely shocked, amazed, and dismayed when I first
added up all the statistics on medical death and saw how much allopathic
medicine has betrayed us."
The Nutrition Institute of America is a not-for-profit, non-partisan
organization that has been enlightening the public on health issues for
nearly 30 years.
Download the whole report here.
For more information, contact David Slater, President of NIA at (646) 505 -
4660 x 155.
Alternatively contact: Richard Polonetsky (646)-505-4660 x171