Part 2: HOW MODERN MEDICINE KILLED MY BROTHER

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I explained to him what I was asking for was backed up by peered-

reviewed studies and that none of the supplements had ever shown any

harmful side effects in any dose. In a very arrogant tone, totally

unsympathetic to my concern for my brother, he stated that he only

read and trusted four journals:

Lancet

New England Journal of Medicine

ls of Internal Medicine

Journal of the American Medical Association

Shocked that anyone would admit to being so intellectually limited,

I told him there were thousands of peer-reviewed medical journals,

most of which were reputable. He responded that he didn't have time

to read or look up additional material.

What an admission!

I reminded him I practiced neurosurgery for 26 years and was a hell

of a lot busier than he had ever been. I also told him I had managed

to write three books and 30 articles for peer-reviewed journals in

addition to three chapters for medical textbooks. He had no comment.

I told him I found it inconceivable that a physician holding the

position of Chief of Staff in a teaching hospital would:

Admit they read only four journals

Didn't have time to research material that would improve a patient's

care

Would be so obstinate and filled with so much self-importance they

would allow a patient to die rather than try something that had

strong clinical evidence of benefit without any complications

(REMIND YOU OF ARMOUR???????? Janie)

The doctor still refused to change his mind.

I pointed out to him, for 20 years there was a mountain of evidence

that magnesium offered tremendous protection to the heart and brain,

but because of people like him, it was only recently that magnesium

has been added to the " protocol " for heart patients. I, then,

reminded both of them that tens of thousands of patients died during

that 20-year period because of their unwillingness to use a harmless

mineral like magnesium. Then I said, " Is my brother to die because

of your narrow mindedness and arrogance " ?

I pointedly asked him if he could see the logic, the reasoning

behind what I was asking. He responded that he did up until to the

point about all the people that must die because of waiting for the

elite of medicine to make up their mind. I turned to the female

physician and asked her the same question. She said she agreed with

the logic but trusted her chief.

Blind Leading the Blind

I asked the Chief of Medicine if he would want the same treatment

for his brother. He thought a minute and then said, " Yes. " He again,

appealed to the fact that he didn't have time to research all these

things. I reminded him that his job was to do whatever was necessary

to provide his patients with the best medical care, based on the

latest medical evidence available no matter how much time he had to

sacrifice. He could not fall back on time constraints or the fact

that he trusted only four journals.

The Chief of Medicine left, a lot less openly arrogant and self-

assured. He was not able to give a single argument to support his

intellectually bankrupt concept of medicine.

It reminded me of the title of a book I had recently purchased:

Intellectual Morons. He certainly fit the description. Before he

left, I reminded him it was doctors like him who were the problem in

modern medicine -- arrogant, condescending to patients and certain

the medical care protocols established by the elitist academians

were holy writ. Further, it was because of such an attitude that

patients by the millions were leaving the medical care system, and

seeking answers from so-called alternative medicine.

Patients were fed up with having drugs and treatments shoved down

their throats that only led to more misery and rarely helped their

disease.

The Danger of Regimentation

The practice of medicine has changed drastically in the world,

especially in this country. When I first entered the world of

medicine, doctors were able to practice independently, always

maintaining a close relationship between themselves, the patient and

the patient's family. Creative, caring doctors could alter their

care to match new developments in medicine and nutrition to the

greatest benefit of their patients. Third parties such as insurance

companies, government and medical elite were held at bay.

Yet, the new thinking is that the practicing physician, and

especially the patient, is unable to make these decisions. Instead,

they are to follow a system of regimented medicine that assigns

treatment protocols the physician is to blindly follow.

Elite boards appointed by medical associations, such as the American

Medical Association, American Academy of Family Practice and others,

design these treatment protocols and hand them down to the " ignorant

automatons " making up the vast majority of treating physicians. They

are to follow these regimented treatments without question and to

the letter.

The new breed of doctor, like my brother's doctors, fits this new

pattern well. They are convinced this " cookbook " medicine is

superior and their elite journals and medical associations know

best. Like members of the society Aldous Huxley described in A Brave

New World, they are mere cogs in the wheel of the state's machinery.

They do not question the authorities or the wisdom of their decrees.

They do what they are told. They are unable to think for themselves.

In fact, I asked ' doctor, " Can you not think for yourself? "

She looked at me sheepishly and said, " I just trust the Chief of

Medicine. "

I also reminded the arrogant Chief of Medicine these elite decision-

making bodies have been racked with scandals that involved financial

connections to pharmaceutical companies and other medical product

manufacturers. In addition, similar scandals occurred among the

editorial staff of one of his favorite journals, the New England

Journal of Medicine.

This collectivist regimentation of medicine will only get worse.

Families are now excluded from medical care decisions, doctors do

not talk to families, the entire hospital experience is shrouded in

secrecy and patients have no say in their care. While more

innovative doctors can alter the protocols or even reject them, soon

they will not have that option. To deviate from the collectivist

plan is to invite the wrath of the legal system.

Fear of Financial Ruin

(READ THIS!! Janie) Litigation pushes many physicians into

following elitist protocols out of fear of financial ruin. In fact,

these protocols have become the " standard of care " used by the legal

system. Unfortunately, doctors, like those who killed my brother,

are being turned out of medical schools all over the country like

robots. They repeat the mantra of collectivism as if they thought of

it themselves. To this new breed of doctors, individualism and

independent thought is to be discouraged and reviled. Dependence on

elite leaders will be automatic.

As an example, I recently spoke to a large group concerning the

harmful effects of glutamate, explaining it is now known that

glutamate, as added to foods, significantly accelerates the growth

and spread of cancers. I asked the crowd when was the last time an

oncologist told his or her patient to avoid MSG or foods high in

glutamate. The answer, I said, was never.

After the talk, a crowd gathered to ask more questions. Suddenly, I

was interrupted by a young woman who identified herself as a

radiation oncologist. She angrily stated, " I really took offense to

your comment about oncologists not telling their patients about

glutamate. "

I turned to her and asked, " Well, do you tell your patients to avoid

glutamate? " She looked puzzled and said, " No one told us to. " I

asked her who this person or persons were whose job it was to

provide her with this information. I, then, reminded her that I

obtained this information from her oncology journals. Did she not

read her own journals?

Yet, this is the attitude of the modern doctor. An elitist group is

in charge of disseminating all the information physicians are to

know. If they do not tell them, then, in their way of thinking, the

information was of no value. Of course, 10 or 20 years from now, it

may be the new standard and on all the protocols.

How many cancer patients will have died during the long wait for the

elitists to conclude the information was important? A million? Five

million? Do they even care?

In my conversation with the two physicians responsible for my

brother's " care, " they obviously didn't care.

It is too late for my brother. But, maybe, just maybe, if enough

people decide they do not care to leave their fate and that of their

loved ones in the hands of these arrogant regimented physicians,

something will change.

http://www.mercola.com/2004/nov/24/modern_medicine.htm