From the July 2004 Idaho Observer:

Organized medicine more efficient than war

7.8 million iatrogenic deaths in last decade more than all wars fought by U.S.

by The Idaho Observer

The most comprehensive report on “government-approved medicine” ever conducted shows that organized medicine has killed 7,841,360 Americans in the last 10 years. “Our estimated 10-year total of 7.8 million iatrogenic [doctor-induced] deaths is more than all the casualties from all the wars fought by the U.S. throughout its entire history,” commented the Nutrition Institute of America (NIA), in its report, “Death By Medicine” (Oct., 2003).

The concept of the report was prompted by the fact that, while conventional medicine kills hundreds of thousands of Americans each year, government regulators ban and restrict the use of vitamins and herbs that kill no one.

Incidentally, the report, which resulted from the compilation and analysis of 94 U.S. hospitals and hundreds of medical journal articles, determined that medical error causes an astounding 783,936 deaths per year (and growing). “It is evident that the American medical system is itself the leading cause of death and injury in the U.S.,” the authors observed.

The purpose of the report was to memorialize the total failure of the American medical system and to “provide the basis for competent and compassionate medical professionals to recognize the inadequacies of today's system and at least attempt to institute meaningful reforms,” wrote the editors of Life Extension magazine.

Life Extension has posted the entirety of the NIA report at its website www.lef.org. The article should be read by everyone who has, will be or is currently hospitalized or being treated with “conventional” medicine. It should also be read by medical professionals and government employees. For those who do not have access to the web, send $5 to The IO to cover expenses and we will send a copy to you.