Latest Statistics on America's Death Toll CRISIS From Drugs and Doctors

I will post a link here as I want you to have the latest information. I will also copy some excerpts from the article.

 Natural medicine is under siege, as pharmaceutical company lobbyists urge lawmakers to deprive Americans of the benefits of dietary supplements. Drug-company front groups have launched slanderous media campaigns to discredit the value of healthy lifestyles. The FDA continues to interfere with those who offer natural products that compete with prescription drugs. These attacks against natural medicine obscure a lethal problem that until now was buried in thousands of pages of scientific text. In response to these baseless challenges to natural medicine, the Nutrition Institute of America commissioned an independent review of the quality of “government-approved” medicine. The startling findings from this meticulous study indicate that conventional medicine is “the leading cause of death” in the United States .

http://www.webdc.com/pdfs/deathbymedicine.pdf

EXCERPTS:

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. T

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)

MY INPUT:

Since I started my BLOG, I have posted many articles on the value of natural supplements and the plight of more and more and more prescription drugs . READ THIS NEXT SECTION carefully:

Natural medicine is under siege, as pharmaceutical company lobbyists urge lawmakers to deprive Americans of the benefits of dietary supplements. Drug-company front groups have launched slanderous media campaigns to discredit the value of healthy lifestyles. The FDA continues to interfere with those who offer natural products that compete with prescription drugs. These attacks against natural medicine obscure a lethal problem that until now was buried in thousands of pages of scientific text. In response to these baseless challenges to natural medicine, the Nutrition Institute of America commissioned an independent review of the quality of “government-approved” medicine. **The startling findings from this meticulous study indicate that conventional medicine is “the leading cause of death” in the United States .

My input: DID you catch that? Read it again. My other articles indicated doctors, hospitals and drugs were the third leading cause of death. IT IS NOW THE #1 LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN AMERICA.

This adds new power to the old adage of, "Hey Doc, your Killing me"!

CHOOSE your doctor's carefully
BEFORE you add any more drugs to your prescription list, google it and read all of the common and rare side effects. 
FIRST make sure you understand your condition and find out what natural alternatives of diet, exercise and natural supplements have been proven to eliminate the condition. 

God Bless,

Dan

James 5:14
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

More ON Doctor's and Hospitals and Prescription Drugs Deaths

I came across another article concerning death caused by doctors, hospitals and prescription drugs showing more detail. THIS IS IN NO WAY meant to bash any given doctor or doctor's office or particular hospital or to imply that anyone and everyone should immediately stop seeking medical help and or take it upon themselves to stop cold turkey taking any and all prescription drugs.

I am 68 years old and for the most part have not experienced gross medical errors in my own life or suffered any lasting detrimental physical damage from any doctors or hospital errors. I AM HOWEVER very susceptible to about any and all side effects of prescription drugs and consider that a gift from GOD. I am on the same  prescription drugs for blood pressure and type 2 diabetes that I have been on for over 10 years. I DID have my dose lowered on both sets of drugs a couple of years ago and am always seeking information on eventually weaning myself completely off them.

Here are some additional statistics on DEATH by the medical and prescription drug industry:

Health Care in America Today

The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) was created by Congress to analyze scientific and technical issues in America. From 1972 to 1995, the OTA conducted studies on health care, pollution and other such topics.

After producing an unfavorable report of US health care, the agency was disbanded by Congress.

The OTA’s 1995 report on health care found that:

• Life expectancy in the US was among the lowest in developed countries
• Infant mortality rates in the US are poor
• Technology in US medicine is expensive and unrestrained
• 67% of physicians in the US in 1990 were specialists
• The drug industry exacerbates health care costs while new drugs rarely provide more benefit than old
• The FDA doesn’t consider the effectiveness of new treatments or compare new products to old
• The FDA does not consider non-drug alternatives
• The pre- and post-approval processes for drugs is lacking

The report concluded with these statements:

“Only 10-20% of all procedures used in medical practice have been shown to be efficacious by controlled trial,” and “There are no mechanisms in place to limit dissemination of technologies regardless of their clinical value.”

The Nutrition Institute of America funded an independent review of “government-approved” medicine that was published in 2006. Professors Gary Null and Dorothy Smith, along with doctors Carolyn Dean, Martin Feldman and Debora Rasio titled the report “Death by Medicine.”

The researchers found that America’s leading cause of death isn’t heart disease or cancer: its conventional medicine. They found that the iatrogenic death rate in the US (death caused by doctors and/or medical treatments) is 783,936 a year. That’s 84,059 more deaths than those caused by heart disease in 2001 and 230,865 more deaths than those caused by cancer.

(MY INPUT ..........Just THINK about the next statement for just a minute! Incredible isn't it? There is an old adage..."Money talks, Nobody walks"

Dan

Over a decade, the scientists predict that iatrogenic deaths will total about 7.8 million, “more than all the casualties from all the wars fought by the US throughout its entire history,” a death rate equivalent to that caused by six jumbo jets falling out of the sky every day.

They also believe the numbers are actually much higher because most iatrogenic deaths aren’t reported as such: only 5 to 20% of iatrogenic deaths are reported for fear of lawsuits and because codes for reporting deaths due to drug side effects and other medical errors don’t even exist in many cases. The number of deaths due to conventional medicine may be 20 times higher than the numbers depicted here.

The study authors, using the most conservative statistics they could find, broke down iatrogenic deaths over ten years as following:

Adverse Drug Reactions	1.06 million
Medical Error	0.98 million
Bedsores	1.15 million
Hospital Infections	0.88 million
Malnutrition in Health Care	1.09 million
Outpatients	1.99 million
Unnecessary Procedures	371,360
Surgery-related	320,000

The “Death by Medicine” doctors also took a look at unnecessary medical care over the course of a decade. They found that 89 million people are hospitalized unnecessarily each year and that 17 million iatrogenic events will occur among this number. 75 million Americans receive unnecessary medical procedures over a decade, 15 million of which result in an iatrogenic event. 164 million people will receive unneeded medical treatment within a decade.

So what’s behind these death rates and adverse events? Profit, politics, defensive medicine, lack of research on treatments, one-size-fits-all drugs, lack of doctor-patient time and the abuse and over medication of our elderly are all culprits.

I did a post a short time ago spelling out the LINK between type 2 diabetics and LOW magnesium levels. Since acting on the advice in the research, and increasing my magnesium levels, my blood pressure levels are excellent morning, noon and night.

BELOW is an excerpt from one of Dr. Mercola's articles on line:

The mechanism by which magnesium controls glucose and insulin homeostasis appears to involve two genes responsible for magnesium homeostasis.6Magnesium is also required to activate tyrosine kinase, an enzyme that functions as an "on" or "off" switch in many cellular functions and is required for the proper function of your insulin receptors.

It is well known that people with insulin resistance also experience increased excretion of magnesium in their urine, which further contributes to diminished magnesium levels. This magnesium loss appears to be secondary to increased urinary glucose, which increases urinary output.7

Therefore, inadequate magnesium intake seems to prompt a vicious cycle of low magnesium levels, elevated insulin and glucose levels, and excess magnesium excretion. In other words, the less magnesium your body has, the less it appears to be able to "hang onto it.8

Rarely do so many studies from around the world find universal agreement on a subject! The evidence is clear: if you want to optimize your metabolism and keep your risk for type 2 diabetes low, one of the things you need to do is consume adequate magnesium. Unfortunately, this is not the norm, as an estimated 80 percent of Americans are magnesium deficient.

(MY Input) The cause and effect of the above for me at least became relevant very quickly after increasing my magnesium intake.

Are you a type 2 Diabetic? I PRESUME you are or know someone who is. Ask yourself or them how many different BP meds you or they are on and has anyone EVER told them about any sort of link between low magnesium levels or increasing their magnesium levels under supervision and monitoring the results?

Again, I am NOT suggesting that you stop any or all contact with doctors, hospitals or go cold turkey off any existing prescription drugs. I am suggesting in this blog changes in your overall diet, exercise programs etc. to hopefully improve your quality of life and the extension of your life.

If your doctor's Modus Operandi is simply to put you on another prescription drug, or a stronger dose of the same or increase your insulin etc. without trying to work with you to lose weight, enroll you in classes, and help you change your lifestyle and diet to live a longer, healthier life you may not be in the right place.

God Bless,

Dan

Isaiah 40:31 "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint."

Hey Doc, Your Killing Me!

I thought I would do a post on the 3rd leading cause of death in the USA and it happens to be Doctors with 225,000 people dying every year. This is based on research, data collection and an article in (JAMA) or Journal of the American Medical Association. (July 30, 2000) I have to assume it is even higher now.

ALL OF THESE ARE DEATHS PER YEAR:

• 12,000 -Unnecessary surgery
• 7,000 - Medication errors in hospitals
• 20,000 Other errors in hospitals
• 80,000 Infections in hospitals
• 106,000 NON-error, negative side effects of drugs

These total 225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes! What exactly does that mean? I am glad you asked as I didn't know either till I looked it up.

It is defined as induced in a patient by a physician's activity, manner, or therapy. Used especially of a complication of treatment.

• The numbers above are derived from studies of hospitalized patients
• Secondly, these studies are from DEATHS only and do not include any negative effects that are associated with disability,  or discomfort
• The estimates of death due to error are lower than those in the ICM report

A separate study concluded that between 4% and 18% of consecutive patients experience negative effects in outpatient settings with:

• 116 million extra physician visits
• 77 million extra prescriptions
• 17 million emergency dept visits
• 8 million hospitalizations
• 3 million long-term admissions
• 199,000 additional deaths
• 77 billion dollars in extra costs

I could go on and on with the numbers, however I think you get the point. You need to do some research on your own and do not eat everything that isn't nailed down, and assume your going to live a long time and be healthy without any form of daily aerobic and weight training exercises. After all, isn't that why GOD made prescription drugs? Oops! God didn't make prescription drugs and most of us are far better off taking responsibility for our own actions by eating right, eating less, getting more fiber, avoiding high glycemic refined carbs devoid of any real nutrition and getting off the couch and walking a minimum of 30 mins daily at a brisk pace, and doing some core strengthening exercises, drinking more pure water and not becoming a couch potato.

It also doesn't hurt to do some research on your own concerning your type 2 diabetes, and why you have it and explore natural cures and ways to wean yourself off prescription drugs with your diabetes clinic doctor.

God Bless,

Dan

Psalm 103:2-5
Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.