Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 http://www.niausa.com/research/DeathByMedicine/DeathByMedicine1.htm Death by Medicine Death by Medicine, demonstrates that the leading cause of death in America is not heart disease or cancer, but medical mistakes. In a seminal research paper authored by Gary Null, Ph.D., Carolyn Dean, MD, Martin Feldman, MD, and others (2003), all of the relevant statistics regarding deaths caused by medicine have been collected into a single research report. According to the report, the most conservative reading of statistics culled from government and peer reviewed journals shows that 751,936 Americans die every year as a result of medical error, also known as iatrogenesis. This is the equivalent of over six jumbo jets filled with passengers falling out of the sky every day. Never before have all the death rates from adverse drug reactions, unnecessary surgeries, medical errors, infections, malnutrition, bedsores, and nursing home mistakes been collected into a single research report. The paper is still undergoing peer review, revisions, and an analysis of its compiled statistics,and it seems that the final report will be a scathing indictment of allopathic medicine and how it is practiced in the United States today. A summary of the paper's basic findings were published in Nexxus Magazine. Death by Medicine Gary Null PhD, Carolyn Dean MD ND, Martin Feldman MD, Debora Rasio MD October 2003 Note: The information on this website is not a substitute for diagnosis and treatment by a qualified, licensed professional. home next Click Here for a Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format INDEX * ABSTRACT * TABLES AND FIGURES (See Section on Statistical Tables and Figures for exposition) * ANNUAL PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC COST OF MEDICAL INTERVENTION * ANNUAL UNNECESSARY MEDICAL EVENTS STATISTICS * TEN-YEAR DEATH RATES FOR MEDICAL INTERVENTION * TEN-YEAR STATISTICS FOR UNNECESSARY INTERVENTION * INTRODUCTION o Is American Medicine Working? o Under-reporting of Iatrogenic Events o Correcting a Compromised System o Medical Ethics and Conflict of Interest in Scientific Medicine * THE FIRST IATROGENIC STUDY * ONLY A FRACTION OF MEDICAL ERRORS ARE REPORTED * PUBLIC SUGGESTIONS ON IATROGENESIS * DRUG IATROGENESIS o Medication Errors o Recent Adverse Drug Reactions o Medicating Our Feelings o Television Diagnosis o How Do We Know Drugs Are Safe? o Specific Drug Iatrogenesis: Antibiotics o The Problem with Antibiotics: They are Anti-Life o Drugs Pollute Our Water Supply o Specific Drug Iatrogenesis: NSAIDs o Specific Drug Iatrogenesis: Cancer Chemotherapy o Drug Companies Fined * UNNECESSARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES * MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES * WHY AREN'T MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES STUDIED? * SURGICAL ERRORS FINALLY REPORTED * UNNECESSARY X-RAYS * UNNECESSARY HOSPITALIZATION * WOMEN'S EXPERIENCE IN MEDICINE o Cesarean Section * NEVER ENOUGH STUDIES * OVERVIEW OF STATISTICAL TABLES AND FIGURES o Adverse Drug Reaction o Bedsores o Malnutrition in Nursing Homes o Nosocomial Infections o Outpatient Iatrogenesis o Unnecessary Surgeries * IT'S A GLOBAL ISSUE * HEALTH INSURANCE o Insurance Fraud * WAREHOUSING OUR ELDERS o Important Statistics about Nursing Homes o Over-medicating Seniors * WHAT REMAINS TO BE UNCOVERED * CONCLUSION * REFERENCES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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