Third Leading Cause of Death: DOCTORS

Doctors are the third leading cause of death in the US , causing 225,000 deaths every year

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

The author is Dr. Barbara Starfield of the John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and she describes how the US health care system may contribute to poor health.

* 12,000- Unnessary Surgeries
* 7,000- Medical Errors in Hospitals

* 20,000- other errors in hospital

* 80,000- infections in hospitals

*106,000- non-error, negative effects of drugs

These total to 225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!!

http://www.mercola.com/2000/jul/30/doctors_death.htm