Biswas Vol 2, Issue 1 | Page 57

We take many decisions in our life pertaining to our health based on mass opinion.

We decide to undergo by pass surgery because the doctor has said; you need to take supplement because it is shown on TV; Children are to be vaccinated because it is ordered by the government.

What does the evidence say?

Evidences say to the contrary

According to Cochrane review 2010, whenever the patient with heart attack has been given oxygen mask, his chances of death increase three times. That is, patients with heart attack or brain stroke should never be given oxygen mask.

According to the report published by Journal of American Medical Association 2013, whenever a person gets a heart attack in the hospital, his chances of death increase three times.

Let us take one more example. Suppose somebody’s fasting blood sugar is 250. According to Doctors medicine of diabetes and reduce the blood sugar and increase his life span . But what does evidence say?

ACCORD Trial, UKPDS Trial and other big trials of the world on diabetes patients arrive at one conclusion that whenever blood sugar is reduced by taking medicines, their life span is reduced and the complications increase.

According to the British Medical Journal 2000, it has been noticed that whenever the doctors in the world go on strike, the mortality rate of the patients is reduced, their health improves.

Actually doctors do not contribute towards your health, they just make you more sick. And this is what the evidence says.

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End of Modern Medicine

End of Modern Medicine

Dr. Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury