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Old 19-08-2007, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by plasmodium View Post

Doctors ask you for one main reason:

* they care about your health -
You so need to turn off the tv. Doctors are one of chief causes of death in the world these days.
From the SMH.
"I see a lot of elderly people in the wards on crazy combinations of medications," says Dr Peter Hunter, the president of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine. "People started on drugs to counteract the effects of another drug; illogical combinations of medications. I tell my medical students the three main causes of acute confusion in older people are drugs, drugs and drugs."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...857771586.html

This says it all.
ANNUAL PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC COST OF MEDICAL INTERVENTION
http://www.mercola.com/2003/nov/26/d...y_medicine.htm
Or try this search.
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...+medicine&meta=
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