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Showing posts with label medical error. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical error. Show all posts
Friday, September 25, 2015

Medical over diagnosis, over treatment, poor health outcomes, escalating healthcare costs - all for nothing! Watch the documentary.

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When we head to the GP most of us assume "the doctor knows best". But the truth is, many of the scans, tests and procedures ord...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Conventional medicine is “the leading cause of death” in the United States

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Something is wrong when regulatory agencies pretend that vitamins are dangerous, yet ignore published statistics showing that government-san...
Friday, April 11, 2014

How do health experts continually get it so badly wrong?

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As much as 90% of physicians' medical knowledge has been found to be substantially or completely wrong Gary: "Wrong" ...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Brain damage during heart surgery may be widespread

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"Sadly I left Government service after discovering that during the heart surgery that I had developed brain lesions (lack of blo...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Dangers of Using Transvaginal Mesh

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"I woke up with a loud roar in my head and excruciating pain through my whole pelvic area.  I was very agitated and apparently I sc...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Even more warnings about the dangers of cortisone injections

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Here is an example of the damage that can happen from a single cortisone injection for "Tennis Elbow" several months later.  ...
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Monday, October 01, 2012

A surgical mesh that is the subject of international lawsuits and health warnings is still being implanted in hundreds of New Zealanders

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Hundreds paid ACC compo for pain and suffering after surgery goes wrong. Heather Anderson has been in severe pain for years after ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Auckland University Study finds steroid treatment beneficial - Updated

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Steroid treatment for osteoarthritis knee suffers was thought to progress the disease, but that belief has been overturned following a revie...

Beware of quick-fix remedies, including cortisone injections - Updated

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Hi Gary As promised ages ago the following is a blurb about my ankle injury. Photo One: Permanent damage from loss of tissue to the Tibi...
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Feedback from the runner with the ankle pain

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Here is some feedback from a runner with the ankle pain. “I'm great... I've been back runnning for about 7 weeks... “When you to...
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A fresh warning about the dangers of cortisone injections

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I continue to receive inquiries from people who have had cortisone injections to treat injuries to joints, tendons and ligaments, or have ...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Failure by doctors to acknowledge adverse drug side effects is a widespread problem

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"It has been shown that doctors rarely bother to warn patients about common side effects of medications. And they frequently fail to re...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

"Medical system is the leading cause of death and injury in the United States" - Report

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"The number of unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually is 7.5 million. The number of people exposed to unnecess...
Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Why is there so much over-prescribing of medicine and why is there so much unnecessary medicine?

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"You did ask why “perfectly healthy” patients with osteopenia are given medications like Fosamax. From a primary care perspective, man...
Thursday, April 12, 2007

Commissioner slams Wellington Hospital over man's death

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"The Health and Disability Commissioner has slammed Wellington Hospital over the standard of care given to a 50-year-old man who died ...
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Monday, July 17, 2006

Confusion between pathology and symptoms

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When it comes to medical treatment, the most common failing I see is the confusion between the true cause (pathology) and the symptoms of an...
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