Prescription for Disaster DVD - Gary Null PhD

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[sSRI-Research] Prescription for Disaster DVD - Gary Null PhD

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great intro to the film - short video of the trailer available free

on Dr Mercola's site:

 

 

http://www.mercola.com/dvd/prescription_for_disaster.htm

 

Learn How the Pharmaceutical Industry & the FDA are Endangering Your

Health for Profit in this Highly Recommended DVD

 

It is estimated that in America last year, nearly $2 trillion was spent on

health care -- and virtually all that money was spent on treating disease.1

 

Despite this massive expenditure on treatment, more Americans are sicker than

ever before with diseases that are largely preventable: heart disease, cancer,

diabetes, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and depression, to name a few.

 

Each year more money is spent on treatment, mere patchwork, even though it has

become crystal-clear that treatments do NOT enable you to live a longer, better

life. So why is the amount of money being spent on prevention just a pittance

compared with the amount spent on treatment?

 

The answer is simple -- when you are sick it is highly profitable to

various giant corporations. When you are well, it doesn't profit them much at

all.

 

Over the years, I have compiled many articles that support evidence

that the conventional health system results in more harm than good. But no one

has ever analyzed and combined ALL of the published literature dealing with

injuries and deaths caused by government-protected medicine and reproduced

the information in such an easy-to-follow, insightful and compelling

medium

 

-- that is, UNTIL NOW.

 

Gary Null's new DVD, Prescription For Disaster, is a must-see in-depth

investigation and expose of the conventional health care syste -- and

that's putting it lightly. It describes in detail the failure of the traditional

paradigm and provides us with shocking statistics on the thousands and thousands

of deaths that resulted from unnecessary or incorrect medical treatments.

 

Prescription For Disaster takes you deep into the symbiotic relationships

between the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, lobbyists, lawmakers, medical

schools, and researchers, and the impact this has on consumers and their health

care. During this thorough investigation from medical insiders, you get a first

hand look at:

 

.. Why patented drugs are so readily prescribed by doctors

.. The role insurance companies and HMO's play in promoting compliance, and the

problem of rising health care costs

.. The marketing and public relations efforts on behalf of the

pharmaceutical companies -- including sales reps, medical journals and

conferences

.. Alternatives to traditional pharmacology and drug therapy -- vitamins,

nutritional supplements, alternative nutritional therapies, exercise, healthy

lifestyle changes -- and why they are often perceived as a competitive threat to

the drug manufacturers

.. The problem of rising health care costs

 

As a research scientist at the Institute of Applied Biology for over 27 years,

Gary Null, Ph.D., has spent his career investigating health issues and searching

for the truth. A New York Times best-selling author, the host of the talk radio

program, " The Gary Null Show, " producer of documentary films, DVDs and PBS

television programs, Null empowers all who will listen with life-changing facts

that promote wellness.

 

Prescription For Disaster is a landmark investigative journal that lends further

credence and urgency to my vision and my quest to transform the medical paradigm

to one that is sincerely dedicated to listening to the patients' concerns and

expressing commitment to their health and well-being at the deepest levels.

 

Prescription For Disaster was born from a meticulously referenced

seven-year report entitled " Death By Medicine, " originally authored by Gary

Null, along with a prestigious group of physicians and medical researchers, to

determine why Americans were not becoming healthier and why our medical system

is not working properly.

 

With the lack of understanding in today's society that powerful drugs used to

treat disease have potential side effects that can be life threatening

themselves, Null felt it was mandatory to fully examine the number of people who

have been sickened by these treatments and medications.

 

Null's team examined virtually every area and specialty of American

medicine, asking one basic question: have the therapies offered been

proven safe and effective? Their statistical findings were undeniably dire

showing the number of:

 

.. People having in-hospital, adverse reactions to prescribed drugs to

be 2.2 million per year

.. Unnecessary antibiotics prescribed annually for viral infections at 20 million

per year

.. Unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually at 7.5 million

per year

.. People exposed to unnecessary hospitalization annually at 8.9

million per year

 

The most stunning statistic, however, showed the total number of deaths caused

by conventional medicine at an astounding 783,936 per year -- making

it 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 553,251.2

 

Null and his colleagues had accomplished much more than an exposé of the

horrifying statistics of our inadequate healthcare system -- they had initiated

a purposeful tool in the war for meaningful reform.

 

Prescription for Disaster opens with explosive Senate testimony from Dr. David

Graham, senior drug safety researcher at the FDA. Dr. Graham is no outside

critic -- these are powerful statements from a top FDA

employee who has worked at the agency for two decades.

 

Plus, you'll hear Graham reveal many more jaw-dropping insights regarding the

corruption and crimes that take place every day inside the Food and Drug

Administration in an exclusive interview conducted by Manette Loudon, the lead

investigator for Dr. Null. In this documentary, you'll discover how the drug

industry pulled off the greatest con of our time -- turning the human body into

a profit-generating machine!

 

Gary Null and his team delve deep into the motivations and actions of the FDA

and expose an all out war on alternative therapies that encompasses everything

from censorship to armed raids on alternative health clinics!

 

Prescription For Disaster brings the big picture into sharp focus. Natural

medicine is under attack as pharmaceutical company lobbyists push lawmakers to

deprive Americans of the benefits of dietary supplements, while drug-front

groups have implemented slanderous campaigns in attempts to undermine the value

of natural health lifestyles.

 

It's almost impossible to fathom that someday soon in America almost

99% of the vitamins and supplements now available in your local health store

could disappear! Prescription For Disaster reminds us that if the United States

adopts Codex standards, that you, the American consumer, could actually lose

access to the supplements and vitamins that you now safely use everyday to help

protect your health!

 

For a while now I have been sounding the alarm about the passage of the European

Union (EU) Directive on Dietary Supplements. This directive, which is part of a

larger form of legislation called Codex Alimentarius, severely restricts access

to natural health products in Europe.

 

The EU Directive classifies vitamins and minerals in Europe as " medical drugs "

rather than dietary supplements, which means that they're subject to government

regulation in terms of dosage and availability.

 

The supplements that will be available under Codex will be restricted to

multi-vitamins containing no more than 100 percent of the established RDA

amounts, which are mostly ineffective, trivial quantities -- and they'll be far

more expensive than what we have now.

 

For the pharmaceutical industry, adopting Codex guidelines would

represent a financial windfall, as demand for drugs to treat the consequences of

inadequate nutrition would skyrocket.

 

Even though I generally believe people take too many supplements in

place of eating the healthiest foods, some are necessary. That said, I believe

Americans must never lose the right to choose and buy supplements.

 

Prescription For Disaster dares to answer the poignant questions we

must ask ourselves now before it's too late, such as:

 

.. Who has already been impacted by Codex and where is it headed next

.. Who stands to gain the most from Codex

.. How Codex may directly affect you, and your freedom to purchase vitamins and

supplements

.. How to better educate yourself and others about Codex and it's defenders

.. How the passage of CAFTA brings Codex even closer to American shores

.. How to counteract the agencies and groups threatening your freedom of choice

 

Finally, Prescription For Disaster points out that the most frightening aspect

about Codex may be reduced to a simple matter of " trust. " Can Americans trust

their government -- particularly one that is subject to overwhelming undue

influence by the pharmaceutical industry -- to protect them against the strict

standards being adopted by the Europeans?

 

Something is very wrong when regulatory agencies point a finger at

vitamins for being dangerous, while blatantly ignoring published statistics

showing that government-sanctioned medicine is the real hazard.

 

In the last 10 years, it has been estimated that medicine has injured 191

million Americans and killed close to 8 million -- more than all of the American

casualties in all of our world wars combined.2 Yet these dead have no monuments

and those who are responsible for this carnage have never been held accountable

or faced a trial.

 

Prescription For Disaster acts as yet another huge wake-up call by

providing further substantial evidence that the health care system is in

desperate need of drastic reform. This DVD is your definitive guide on the

journey through the tangled web of big business, the way disease is treated

today, and the consequences we suffer as a society.

 

Even though this examination is nothing short of shocking, I view it as a very

positive step toward fulfilling my vision because it specifically outlines the

blatant mistakes and failures of the traditional system. We will always need

physicians, medicine, and medical care but we now know that healthy choices can

help prevent disease and improve existing medical conditions.

 

Consumers of health care products and services should make their decisions based

on sound scientific evidence instead of being told what to do by special

interest groups, such as the pharmaceutical industry. Unfortunately, it seems

that in today's healthcare system the bottom line is not what makes the most

sense, but what makes the most dollars and sense.

 

Prescription for Disaster is an in-depth investigation into the symbiotic

relationships between the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, lobbyists,

lawmakers, medical schools, and researchers, and the impact this has on

consumers and their health care. During this thorough investigation from medical

insiders, you get an exclusive close-up look at:

 

.. Patented drugs and why they are so readily prescribed by doctors

.. The role insurance companies and HMO's play in promoting compliance

.. The problem of rising health care costs

.. The marketing and public relations efforts on behalf of the

pharmaceutical companies, including sales reps, medical journals and conferences

.. Why alternatives to traditional pharmacology and drug therapy --

vitamins, supplements, nutrition, exercise and a healthy lifestyle -- are often

perceived as a competitive threat to the drug manufacturers

 

Prescription for Disaster DVD

Just $18.00

 

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References

.. Available at: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/finance.htm

.. Available at:

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