Health Impact News Editor Comments:
The proper headline for this story should be that the medical system is now the #1 cause of death, killing more Americans than any single disease. The reason I say that is because this report only covers medical errors.
So in other words, if you die from a medicine, vaccine, or hospital procedure that was done correctly as prescribed, that doesn’t count. A JAMA report in 1998 found that adverse reactions for properly prescribed drugs accounted for 106,000 deaths a year, and I am sure that number is much much higher 15 years later.
The cure is worse than the disease: The medical system is the #1 cause of death in America today.
The proper headline for this story should be that the medical system is now the #1 cause of death, killing more Americans than any single disease. The reason I say that is because this report only covers medical errors.
So in other words, if you die from a medicine, vaccine, or hospital procedure that was done correctly as prescribed, that doesn’t count. A JAMA report in 1998 found that adverse reactions for properly prescribed drugs accounted for 106,000 deaths a year, and I am sure that number is much much higher 15 years later.
The cure is worse than the disease: The medical system is the #1 cause of death in America today.