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Offline Beη

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Modern Medicine: The #1 Killer in America
« on: Apr 07, 2012, 09:50:43 AM »
Found this on another forum:

The #1 Killer in America.mov

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Re: Modern Medicine: The #1 Killer in America
« Reply #1 on: Apr 07, 2012, 10:01:58 AM »
Yes, and they are flogging supplements.

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Number of deaths for leading causes of death
Heart disease: 599,413
Cancer: 567,628
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118,021
Alzheimer's disease: 79,003
Diabetes: 68,705
Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,692
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,935
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 36,909

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Re: Modern Medicine: The #1 Killer in America
« Reply #2 on: Apr 07, 2012, 10:24:40 AM »
That video is absurd. 
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Re: Modern Medicine: The #1 Killer in America
« Reply #3 on: Apr 07, 2012, 12:54:44 PM »
I hope this doesn't give book trailers a bad name.
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Re: Modern Medicine: The #1 Killer in America
« Reply #4 on: Apr 07, 2012, 03:27:50 PM »
I bet this book is very fair and also mentions that the average life expectancy before modern medicine was about 40 and that back then people's teeth would go black in their teens.

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Re: Modern Medicine: The #1 Killer in America
« Reply #5 on: Apr 08, 2012, 02:24:45 AM »
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