“The hospital that feeds you refined sugar, white bread, canned soup, bouillon cubes, and frozen vegetables should be closed by the health department as a menace to the public health.” ShouldAgeDarkWhiteMedicalBreadDepartmentHospitalsVegetablesSugarSoupFrozenDark AgesRefinedMenacePublic HealthCubesWhite Bread Author:David Reuben
“After approximately two decades and several billion dollars....Among the various types of cancer that account for 78% of the incidence..the upward trend in survival rates has not exceeded a few %....a far gloomier picture than has been generally conveyed to a hopeful public by our leading cancer research institutions...A generally passive lay press has been the means of transmission.” MeanHas BeensTwoAgeDarkTypeSurvivalResearchAccountsInstitutionsPressesLaysDollarsRateCancerVariousDecadesMedicalBillionsHopefulTrendsPassiveDark AgesTransmissionIncidenceCancer Research Author:Daniel S. Greenberg
“Papanicolaou published for 15 years before anyone would listen to him, but now you find (the) ACS extolling the virtue of the Pap test.” YearsAgeDarkVirtueTestsMedicalDark Ages Author:Daniel S. Greenberg
“It is often necessary to make a decision on the basis of knowledge sufficient for action but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.” AgeActionDarkDecisionBasesIntellectMedicalSufficientDark AgesInsufficient Author:Immanuel Kant
“Pathological states are the consequence of several determinate factors acting simultaneously...The manifestations of any given agent differ profoundly from one person to another. ...Each noxious agent can express itself by a great variety of different pathological states. ...Different agents can elicit similar reactions. ...The total environment and the (interior medium) constitute a multifactorial system.” PersonsDifferentStatesAgeGivenDarkActingEnvironmentConsequenceMedicalReactionsFactorsMediumsAgentsVarietyManifestationInteriorsDark Ages Author:Rene Dubos
“Doctors...from the Office of Info. Tech. at Harvard U.(:)...Their appraisal of 46 surgical or anesthesia breakthroughs...suggested...only 13% were highly preferred (and)...in nearly half the cases the new therapy was no better than the therapy it replaced. ...About 12% of the innovations increased complications.” AgeDarkHalfCasesOfficeDoctorsInnovationMedicalTherapyReplacedBreakthroughHarvardDark AgesComplicationAppraisalAnesthesia Author:Jeffrey Bland
“Taking a biopsy often aggravates and stimulates growth - and does not indicate how many secondary tumors have developed.” DoeAgeGrowthDarkMedicalDark AgesTumorsBiopsy Author:Charles Horace Mayo
“It is not enough to show that drug A is better than drug B on the average. One is invited to ask, 'For which people ("& why") is drug A better than drug B, and vice versa? If drug A cures 40% and drug B cures 60%, perhaps the right choice of drug for each person would result in 100% cures.'” PeopleIfsPersonsEnoughShowsAgeChoicesAsksDarkResultsDrugAverageVicesMedicalCuresInvitedDark AgesVice VersaRight Choices Author:Lancelot Hogben
“In the early 1700's, two physicians...learned about pinkroot's efficacy from the Indians. The word soon spread to the general public, who praised this worm treatment, particularly against roundworms, for the next 200 years. Pinkroot fell into disuse in the early 1900's, simply because greedy herb dealers adulterated or even substituted shipments of true pinkroot with quantities of other plants.” YearsTwoAgeNextDarkPlantSpreadMedicalTreatmentQuantityPhysiciansGreedyWormsDark AgesHerbsDealerEfficacyGeneral Public Author:Michael Savage
“We have the opportunity to provide the first FDA reviewed and approved over-the-counter option that can help people lose weight and make changes to their lifestyle and diet.” PeopleFirstsHelpingOpportunityLosesWeightLifestyleDietsMaking ChangesApprovedLose WeightFda Author:Steve Burton