As you can see, the U.S. outspends every other industrialized nation on its health care, yet it is dead last in life expectancy compared to its peers. It's also the most vaccinated country in the world. Yet a ground-breaking study recently revealed that countries that give the most vaccines have the worst infant death rates, again, with the U.S. leading the pack. Sadly, these trends aren't limited to the U.S. – the truth is too many people in industrialized nations are sick – and getting sicker.
In her book, Death by Modern Medicine, Dr. Carolyn Dean talks about how government bureaucracy and conflicts of interest with the drug industry contribute to this. The FDA, especially, has a history of making questionable decisions possibly influenced by pharma, such as the Vioxx scandal, where 10 of 32 advisers who voted to approve Vioxx had financial ties to the drug industry.
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