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Accidental death more likely from an M.D. than a gun owner

(These statistics come from a web site we found and have not been verified for accuracy. The numbers should get you to stop and think and hopefully search for more information.)
Someone read a recent article in the Seattle Washington Post-Intelligencer concerning accidental deaths caused by...
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Death From Liposuction: 1 in 5,000 Patients

Results from a recent survey published in the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, indicate that approximately 1 in every 5,000 patients receiving liposuction by a board certified plastic surgeon in the United States over a 4-year period died from complications of the procedure.<...
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More Rezulin Drug Deaths Despite Warning
he Los Angeles Times reports that Deaths are climbing since the FDA received a warning on the dangers of Rezulin.

Although FDA officials were publicly warned that "every patient taking the diabetes pill Rezulin was at risk of sudden liver failure and no reliable way existed to protect them" b...
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Drugs, Side Effects, and Death
According to new reports, government uncovers too few of the injuries and deaths caused by prescription drug side effects.

Recent studies suggest that an estimated 2 million Americans are hospitalized annually from drug side effects, and 100,000 die.

Interestingly, the FDA does not req...
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Gene Therapy Deaths Hidden
Test Deaths Weren't Reported to NIH
(AP) - Two researchers trying to grow new blood vessels around blocked ones failed to report to the National Institutes of Health that six people died during their gene therapy studies.
Ronald Crystal of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in Manha...
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Deaths After Flu Vaccine Halt Vaccination Program
by Michael Dorausch, DC
planetc1.com news staff
UPDATE: Four Israeli deaths have now been reported after flu vaccine shots were given. Health officials have found no apparent connection between the deaths.
The Health Ministry in Israel has ordered all clinics to halt administration of t...
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US life expectancy falls below that of most wealthy nations
By Darrel Crain, D.C.
Long may you live!
American medicine was publicly flogged recently because life expectancy in our country falls below that of most wealthy nations. This is totally unfair. "The wise man lives as long as he ought, not so long as he can," according to Montaigne, and he ...
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Dr. Guy Riekeman now President at LIFE Chiropractic College
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
I received the call from Dr. Sharon Gorman just minutes ago, Dr. Guy Riekeman, former chancellor of Palmer Chiropractic University System, is now President at LIFE Chiropractic College.
Dr. Guy Riekeman was the president of Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenp...
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Super Drugs May Result in Super Deaths

A news report on MSNBC titled "Are super-aspirins a super failure" takes a look at the numbers of people who are dying as a result of drug testing for a new type of aspirin.
According to the article, large-scale testing on a new type of super aspirin began five years ago and the results of ...
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Drug Related Deaths Minimized by FDA and Drug Maker

Today's Los Angeles Times reports that the "FDA Minimized Issue of Lotronex's Safety -- Times study finds officials sided with drug maker on regulatory concerns. Agency reevaluation is underway."
According to the report, five people taking the drug Lotronex have died and yet the drug has on...
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Drug Found Effective But Side Effects Include Death

Women are dying for a new treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, literally.
According to a report on ABC News, several women have reportedly died from taking a new drug called Lotronex, which is intended to be used for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.
The report states that t...
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Chiropractors Health Care Quiz
by Dr. Martha Collins
Put the following causes of death in descending order:
a. Traffic Fatalities b. Heart Disease c. Cancer d. Medical Error
The correct answer is: b, c, d, a.
According to the July 26 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the ...
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US Medical Errors Resulting In Death - Not Exaggerated

Last November, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report stating that "between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in US hospitals annually as a result of medical errors."
Since the report was released some physician groups have questioned the claim stating that the reported numbers were t...
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U.S. GAO seeks more info on drug errors

The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress. GAO's mission is to help the Congress oversee federal programs and operations to assure accountability to the American people.
A two-year study by the U.S. GAO has concluded that adverse drug events, complications or even d...
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Breast Cancer Prevention vs. War

By Darrel Crain, DC
It was thirty-five years ago when President Richard Nixon first committed our nation to the war on cancer. This seemed the right thing to do, because at the time, an American woman's chance that she would have breast cancer in her lifetime was 1 in 20. Unfortunately, by ...
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