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.

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

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