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• ½ of all Americans
have a chronic disease |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Report 2000 |
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Some doctors estimate that 70% of people over the age of
40 have a chronic disease |
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• The healthy life expectancy*
of Americans ranks 22 out of
23 industrialized nations. |
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World Health Organization |
| *The
number of years a child born today can expect to live in good
health |
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The U.S. ranks 29th in the world in total life expectancy
In spite of the fact that we spend more than twice as much
per person on health care as any other industrialized nation |
| When
you factor in the 78 million “baby boomers” that
are getting older, you begin to see we have a problem. Health
care in its present form will soon cease to exist. |
June 30, 2006
In an unprecedented power grab, the
FDA has declared that all drug companies are now immune
to lawsuits on any drug that has been granted FDA approval.
It's the biggest handout to drug companies
ever, and the action further establishes the FDA as a rogue
agency acting to protect Big Pharma, with no respect for
the laws of the land or the safety of health consumers.
Read the full, astonishing story at:
http://www.newstarget.com/019497.html
Watch this video to learn how your
Health Care Freedoms are being eroded:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=451097355502728465
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It is estimated in the U.S. that each year about 1.4 million
people will hear their Dr. tell them they have cancer, in
spite of the billions of dollars spent on cancer research
each year. |
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Approximately 1500 people per day die of cancer. |
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Today, 1 out of 3 people will get cancer in their life time
• It is predicted that by the year 2010, 1 out 2
people will get cancer and it will be the leading cause
of death for all ages |
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It is currently the leading cause of death of people 85 years
of age and younger |
| The
latest treatment for cancer? – same as it was 35 years
ago - surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy! |
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Over 50 million Americans are affected with
an Autoimmune Disease - Over 80 autoimmune diseases identified
including:
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ASTHMA
ALLERGIES
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
DIABETES
HEPATITIS
CELIAC DISEASE
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
CROHN'S DISEASE
LUPUS
ULCERATIVE COLITIS
GUILLAIN-BARRE |
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• DIABETES now
affects 6.3% of the U.S. population (about 18.2 million
people)
• There are 1 million new cases
diagnosed per year! 1/3 of those with diabetes do not know
they have it.
• "1 out of 3 children born
in the year 2000 and beyond will become diabetic" CBS
News |
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1 out of 2 people will develop heart disease
• 1 out of 3 women will die from
heart disease
• Heart disease is the leading
cause of death for women.
• Over ½ people who die
from heart disease never had a previous symptom |
In
1900, 5% of the U.S. population died of heart disease, cancer
or diabetes. Today - 65 - 70% of us will die from one or
a combination of these 3 diseases! |
• The U.S. is the fattest
nation in the world
• 65% of Americans are
overweight
• 30% of those are clinically
obese
OBESITY IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO OUR NATION’S CHILDREN
Again according to the surgeon general…“childhood
obesity has reached “epidemic proportions”. Since
1980 the number of obese children has more than doubled –
nearly 15% of the children in the U.S. are considered obese.
| ADD/ADHD
Primary treatment: Medication known
as Ritalin.
The scientific name for Ritalin is
Methylphenidate, which is a class 2 drug. Both Cocaine and
Morphine are also class 2 drugs.
6.2 million children in the U.S. public
schools are on a methylphenidate derivative including 10%
of all boys under age 16. The U.S. consumes more of these
drugs than the rest of the world combined. |
Is this the answer to the problem?
Dumping drugs into our children's bodies? |
| Government sponsored programs
are responsible for getting many of public school children
on these drugs. Guess who helped the Government create these
programs? Pharmaceutical companies. In many cases parents
are threatened with loss of custody of their children if they
don’t take the drugs! – article in New York Times
(9/24/2000) by Dr. Lawrence Diller MD entitled – Just
Say Yes to Ritalin |
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6/7/04) |
| • A recent study, found antidepressant
use increased 49 percent among consumers younger than
18 between 1998 and 2002 |
• The study found
the fastest growing users of prescription antidepressant
drugs was preschoolers up to age 5 |
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Antidepressant drug use in children
have been directly linked to suicides and homicides – now
drug companies are required to put warning labels on these drugs
To read
more about the dangers of prescription drugs visit - http://www.drugawareness.org
According to the Alzheimer's
Association, the disease affects 4.5 million Americans today.
"You can safely say it will be an epidemic in 10 years,"
said Tiffany Cobern, Emeritus' regional director of operations.
By Lisa Sanders, CBS.MarketWatch.com, July 24, 2004
Disease and sickness are not
the result of a drug deficiency, yet prescription drugs are most
often the treatment of choice! Is there a reason for this? Probably
– Did you know that according to the Journal of the American
Medical Association (JAMA) – “90% of authors of clinical
practice guidelines received research funding from, or acted as
consultants to, a drug company.” Source: JAMA Feb. ’02
Adverse
reactions to properly prescribed prescription drugs is the 4th
leading cause of death in the US (source: JAMA). Over 100,000
people per year die from properly prescribed prescription drugs.
Reported by USA Today 4/98
| Did you know that
in the U.S.A. only a drug can make a legal claim of healing?
Did you know that all drugs are toxic? Before any prospective
drug can be sold, it must go through toxicity studies. If
no level of toxicity can be demonstrated, it cannot be sold
as a drug, thus we can safely say that all drugs are toxic.
Now let me ask you this –
Do you believe it is possible to poison yourself back to
good health? |
ANNUAL
DEATH TOLLS FROM MEDICAL ERROR, TREATMENT, OR EXPOSURE…
| 106,000
80,000
20,000
12,000
7,000
199,000 |
Adverse reactions
to properly prescribed prescription drugs
Infections in hospitals
Other errors in hospitals
Unnecessary surgeries
Medication errors in hospitals
Deaths from medical error in outpatient care |
TOTAL
- 424,000 ANNUAL DEATHS Reported in JAMA 2003 |
| THEREFORE THE
MEDICAL SYSTEM ITSELF BECOMES THE 3RD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
IN AMERICA BEHIND HEART DISEASE AND CANCER! |
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WHAT'S
WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
WHAT DO I NEED TO PROTECT MY HEALTH?
Health
Care Costs
