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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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Death by Medicine
By Gary Null, Ph.D., PhD; Carolyn Dean MD, ND; Martin Feldman, MD; Debora Rasio, MD; and Dorothy Smith, PhD
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ABSTRACT
Table 1: Estimated Annual Mortality and Economic Cost of Medical Intervention
Table 2: Estimated Annual Mortality and Economic Cost of Medical Intervention

Table 3: Estimated 10-Year Death Rates from Medical Intervention

Table 4: Estimated 10-Year Unnecessary Medical Events

INTRODUCTION

Is American Medicine Working?

Underreporting of Iatrogenic Events

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

   Medication Errors

   Recent Adverse Drug Reactions

   Medicating Our Feelings

   Television Diagnosis

   How Do We Know Drugs Are Safe?

   Specific Drug Iatrogenesis: Antibiotics

   The Problem with Antibiotics

   Cesarean Section

NEVER ENOUGH STUDIES

ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS

BEDSORES

MALNUTRITION IN NURSING HOMES

   Nosocomial Infections

   Outpatient Iatrogenesis

   Unnecessary Surgeries

MEDICAL ERRORS: A GLOBAL ISSUE

HEALTH INSURANCE

WAREHOUSING OUR ELDERS

   Overmedicating Seniors

WHAT REMAINS TO BE UNCOVERED

Appendix: OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (OTA)

   General Facts

   Hospitals

   Health-Related Research and Development

   Pharmaceutical and Medical-Device Industries

   Health Care Technology Assessment
   Examples of Lack of Proper Management of HealthCare

   Treatments for Coronary Artery Disease

   Computed Tomography (CT)

   Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

   Laparoscopic Surgery

   Infant Mortality

   Screening for Breast Cancer

   Summary

   References