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Flagging medical errors and emphasizing lack of punishment by maintaining anonymity leads to more reporting of errors. There are 100,000 deaths from medical errors annually according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). A study published in the November 21 issue of Pediatrics showed that reports increased from 13 over 2.5 years to 216. However, none of the reports...

Many medical clinical trials are funded with insufficient review. Just how ridiculous it can be is explored. When funding for research is limited as it is today, we must guide the expenditure of dollars as carefully as possible.

  The pharmaceutical companies and the CDC are more concerned with having us take vaccines than making sure that once given they will actually work. In general the people who might benefit most from an immunization are those in which the vaccine is not likely to work. This includes people with decreased immunity, such as cancer, AIDS, chronic diseases,...

When should cholesterol be treated? Cholesterol is essential for life. We must have it to make vitamin D, most hormones, cell membranes and coenzyme Q10. The fractions of cholesterol are important in predicting arteriosclerosis.

  When do you know you're getting the right cancer treatment? How do patients get reliable information for treatment? How far should mainstream physicians go when recommending treatments? We need doctors that are knowledgeable in both mainstream and alternative therapies so patients can get the best of both worlds. FDA off-label usage is discussed.