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Medicine Hijacked: Books That Document the Real Health Care Crisis |
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Wednesday, 20 June 2012 |
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America's healthcare system is riddled with financial conflicts of interest. Business
interests and commercial priorities undermine the precautionary
principle of Medicine, the therapeutic mission of Medicine, the
scientific integrity of Medicine. Government oversight agencies and Congress have subordinated the public interest for $$$. As a result, America's healthcare delivery system is the third leading cause of death.
A conservative estimate: between 225,000 and 296,000 deaths annualy are caused by adverse drug reactions from prescription drugs (excluding errors). [JAMA, 2000]
The latest published estimate, based on
reports to FDA's MedWatch database:
FDA-approved prescription drugs are linked to
45 million adverse effects--of which 2.5 million to 4 million are
serious, disabling or fatal.
[QuarterWatch , May 2012 ]
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