These statistics prove very clearly that the system is just not working. It
is broken and is in desperate need of repair.
I was previously fond of saying that drugs are the fourth leading cause of
death in this country. However, this article makes it quite clear that the
more powerful number is that doctors are the third leading cause of death in
this country killing nearly a quarter million people a year. The only more
common causes are cancer and heart disease
Drugs, surgery and hospitals are rarely the answer to chronic health
problems. Facilitating the God-given healing capacity that all of us have is
the key. Improving the diet <http://www.mercola.com/nutritionplan/index.htm>
, exercise, and lifestyle are basic.
Doctors Are The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US, Killing 225,000
People Every Year
The author is Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene
and Public Health and she desribes how the US health care system may
contribute to poor health.
ALL 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 effects of drugs
These total to 225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!!
Journal American Medical Association
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_u
ids=10904513&dopt=Abstract> July 26, 2000;284(4):483-5
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/07/30/doctors-death-
part-one.aspx
. Among 29 countries, the United States is second only to Japan in
the availability of magnetic resonance imaging units and computed tomography
scanners per million population. 17
. Japan, however, ranks highest on health, whereas the US ranks among
the lowest.
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