This study concludes that seniors only receive needed medical care half of the time. So if ten seniors need treatment, only five get it. That's interesting, but it needs to be expanded to all age groups. Because in reality, I'd say that 90% of all patients don't get quality medical care at all. What do they get instead? Drugs.
Real medical care would involve communicating with patients. Few doctors even go that far, spending as little as 60 seconds actually talking with a patient before making a diagnosis, prescribing pills, and booting them out the door.
I once visited a knee specialist who spent no more than
twenty seconds with me, asked one question, touched one place on my knee and then went on to
misdiagnose the obvious symptoms.
By and large, our Western medical system offers terrible health care. An improvement would involve working to
educate the patient about what they can do to reverse serious problems with their diet, exercise, levels of stress, exposure to toxins and so on.
Yet when was the last time a doctor ever consulted you on your diet? Have you ever visited a doctor who told you to stop eating hydrogenated oils, known to cause heart disease? Has a single doctor ever told you to stop eating refined sugar? Probably not.
See, modern medicine isn't modern, and it's not even really medicine. It's a drug racket. See a patient, pop a pill. Send 'em to the pharmacy where another round of mistakes will be made. And even if they manage to read the doctor's handwriting correctly (which is fouled up nearly 10% of the time, according to studies), and the pharmacist manages to fill your prescription correctly (many prescriptions have errors), you're faced with the fact that the drug itself might damage your liver, harm your nervous system, cause gastrointenstinal bleeding, or create other serious side effects. There are 2.2 million people harmed each year by side effects from perscription drugs, according to research published by JAMA.
Our
medical system is broken. Big Medicine doesn't work for people, and it's not just the elderly. What we need is a return to basics: doctors who communicate, a focus on prevention, nutrition education, and a national program of fitness and exercise to get people on their feet and off their couches. If your
doctor helps you in these areas, you're very, very fortunate. Spread the word and bring your doctor more business!
About the author: Mike Adams is a natural health researcher, author and award-winning journalist with a mission to teach personal and planetary health to the public He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, and he has authored and published several downloadable personal preparedness courses including a downloadable course focused on safety and self defense. Adams is a trusted, independent journalist who receives no money or promotional fees whatsoever to write about other companies' products. In 2010, Adams launched TV.NaturalNews.com, a natural health video site featuring videos on holistic health and green living. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also the founder of a well known HTML email software company whose 'Email Marketing Director' software currently runs the NaturalNews subscription database. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and practices nature photography, Capoeira, martial arts and organic gardening. He's also author of numerous health books published by Truth Publishing and is the creator of several consumer-oriented grassroots campaigns, including the Spam. Don't Buy It! campaign, and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. He also created the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds. Known by his callsign, the 'Health Ranger,' Adams posts his missions statements, health statistics and health photos at www.HealthRanger.org
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