"My feeling is that somewhere around 90% of
surgery is a waste of time, money, and life......'Almost
half of the 100,000 or so surgeons we actually do have
right now are superfluous. Those 50,000 or so extra unsheathed scalpels do a lot
of damage.'' ~
Robert S. Mendelsohn, M.D.
"Every year in the United States, physicians perform 15
million unnecessary surgeries. Every year, 60,000 people die from those
unnecessary surgeries." Rappoport
[2016 July] Is
Lymph Node Removal with Cancer Surgery Really Necessary?“No
published randomized controlled trial exists that demonstrates improved overall
survival for patients with cancer of any type undergoing surgery of the regional
lymphatics. We believe the presence of tumour in the regional lymphatics
indicates the presence of systemic disease, and therapeutic interventions should
be directed accordingly.”
[2016 May] Many operations are no better than placebo, says a top surgeon In
his new book, Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo, Harris lists a range of operations
as “today’s placebo surgeries”, saying their effectiveness is “under question”.
They include spinal fusion for back pain, knee arthroscopy, coronary stenting,
some shoulder surgery and appendix removal, laparoscopy for bowel adhesions and
repairs of ruptured tendons and some fractures. Procedures that are useful
in certain cases are overused in others – he puts hysterectomy and caesarean
sections in this category, pointing out wide variations in rates of the
operations between hospitals, states and countries.
It can no longer be
doubted that under certain conditions diagnostic or surgical procedures can
result in metastases. Analysis of metastatic growth rates has shown that from
30% (in hypernephroma) to 90% (in sarcoma and seminoma) of the diagnosed
metastases were provoked by such procedures. This has been established by
numerous animal experiments and clinical observations and necessitates a change
in the currently held concept of cancer therapy. The previously applied and
proven treatments by surgery and radiation must be preceded by metastasis
prophylaxis. Three different ways to achieve such a prophylaxis are proposed.
Heart
Frauds: Uncovering the Biggest Health Scam in History (Paperback) by Charles T.,
M.D. McGee
Book Description Did you know that...
*The angiogram used for recommending procedures on the heart is highly
inaccurate and that most angiograms are not necessary.
*There is no evidence that coronary bypass surgery or balloon angioplasties
extend life, yet over 600,000 of these procedures are being done each year.
*Blood cholesterol levels are ineffective in determining heart attack risk and
much more accurate measurements exist but are seldom used.
*Cholesterol-lowering drugs do not extend life, but may actually increase the
overall death rate.
*The primary focus in the medical industry is to make a profit and, therefore,
much of the advice and treatment we receive is not in our best interest.
*We pay an estimated $45 billion per year on preventive and treatment measures
for heart disease that don't work.
*Obstructions in coronary arteries can open up with diet and lifestyle changes
alone, but because of financial incentives doctors prefer sending patients into
surgery.
*Conventional treatment for heart disease often does not work but safe,
inexpensive methods are available that do work.
If your doctor recommends getting an angiogram, coronary bypass surgery,
balloon angioplasty, or taking cholesterol-lowering drugs your best course of
action may be to run out the door. For most people these procedures/treatments
are not effective and are completely unnecessary. The most popular medical
procedures are the most profitable for the health care industry but are often
the least effective. Hundreds of thousands of people each year are deceived in
undergoing expensive medical treatments that do no good and may even do a great
deal of harm. Highly effective procedures that are low-risk and inexpensive are
ignored or even ridiculed. Recommending expensive, high-risk procedures over the
cheaper, more effective ones amounts to nothing more than fraud. If you had the
choice of going through a risky $20,000 surgical procedure or simply taking a
daily vitamin supplement which one would you choose? Most patients aren't given
the choice.
These facts, and more, led Charles T. McGee, M.D. to write this hard
hitting, expose of the health care system. In it you will learn which procedures
and treatments to avoid and which ones offer the most hope. If you are concerned
about heart disease, and everyone should be, you need to read this book!
