Sunday, July 23, 2006
Medical Errors Injure 1.5 Million
It is difficult to justify injuring 1.5 million Ameicans every year with drug errors, and these are just the hospital injuries, not the 1.6 million people that have to go to the emergency room every year with adverse drug reactions. Researchers found that on average, a patient in a hospital setting is subject to one drug error per day. It is no wonder that a doctor’s greatest fear is becoming a patient. Even harder to grasp is the solution that will take another four years to computerize all prescriptions. Whatever happened to daily competent work? Are we to beleive that those in the health profession are nothing but bumbling idiots, injuring and killing their patients? How competent could the diagnosis be in the first place? Read report.
Posted by Byron J Richards, CCN on 07/23 at 06:52 AM
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Exercise is Superior to Drugs
We have known for five years that an exercise program is superior to comprensive drug programs for cardiovascular care, in terms of reducing the rate of death. Now we learn that two hours of physical activity per day reduces mortality in the 70 and over crowd by 69%, compared to a sedentary lifestyle. It is fascinating that mainstream media is failing to point out that these results are far superior to the billions of dollars in drugs that are being forced on seniors.
Posted by Byron J Richards, CCN on 07/12 at 03:42 PM
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Friday, July 07, 2006
The Imaginary Threat to Safety
One sign of sick governmental leadership is when politicans attack the wrong target, simply to divert attention from the real problems. Such is the case with newly proposed legislation that will force supplement companies to report symptoms as adverse health events. There are plenty of consumer safeguards already in place. And, supplements are incredibly safe in the first place. I think the drug sales scam that has destroyed the health of millions of Americans is about to come tumbling down. In a desperate attempt to shift blame and confuse the public, despicable politicians add insult to injury.
Posted by Byron J Richards, CCN on 07/07 at 03:19 PM
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