Death by Modern Medicine: Seeking Safe Solutions: 3rd Edition

by Carolyn Dean

Forewords by Dr. Abram Hoffer, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr. Julian Whitaker
Chapters include: Death by Modern Medical Doctors, Death by Drug Companies, Death by Health Care Bureaucracy, Death by Media, Death by Propaganda, Death by Modern Drugs and Procedures, Death by Modern Science, Death by Cancer Inc., Death by Modern Chemicals, Death by Sugar, Death by Addiction, Death by Denial, Death by Lifestyle

Death by Modern Medicine identifies the tragic aspects of a medical system that,in its short history of about eighty years, has managed to kill tens of millions of victims. Dr. Dean's widely circulated paper, "Death by Medicine", written in November 2003, was the first to identify the extent of these casualties. Dr. Dean verified that from 1990-2000 about 7.8 million victims suffered - Death by Medicine.

Many people were shocked by this figure, but since then our eyes have been opened to the full horror of modern medicine. There have been 140,000 fatal or near fatal reactions to Vioxx; one third of the millions of women who took fen-phen, the weight loss drug, suffered heart and lung damage; heart disease is caused by Celebrex and all the other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; Prozac is causing suicides and homicides as well as heart disease; and the list goes on.

Death by Modern Medicine goes beyond the statistics of deaths due to drugs to how the medical monopoly that created the system in the first place is allowed to control health care. There are chapters on propaganda, health care bureaucracy, the business of cancer, media and our own personal addictions to sugar and drugs, and the denial we all harbor to help us cope with the overwhelming burden, are woven into this 380 page volume.

Dr. Dean is a published author and has written many books including: The Miracle of Magnesium, IBS for Dummies, IBS Cookbook for Dummies, Menopause Naturally, The Everything Alzheimer Book and Homeopathic Treatments for Children's Common Ailments.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction

626 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 11, 2012

About the author

Dr. Carolyn Dean MD ND is the author of over 50 books including best seller The Magnesium Miracle and other noted publications including IBS for Dummies, Hormone Balance, Death by Modern Medicine, and 110+ published eBooks to date. Dr. Dean is committed to helping anyone understand more about nutrients, their requirements in the body, and ways to promote health and vitality in a proactive manner.

In 2015, Dr. Carolyn Dean MD ND launched the RnA ReSet brand based on nutrient protocols she built through 40+ years of experience in private healthcare practice. Dr. Dean’s career as a medical doctor and naturopath resulted in a collection of unique, proprietary formulations that support precise applications while remaining safe for everyday use.

Dr. Dean continues to provide her leadership and vision for enabling people to take control of their own health. This includes her 45+ years of educational resources including guidebooks, presentations, and a history of other audio, video, and written assets for anyone wanting to learn more about nutrients and their health.

Reviews

[Jim Razinha · Rating 2 out of 5]

Let me save you some time...Ms. Dean is rather disgruntled. She had her license revoke in Canada, but she supposedly still has a license in California. Strangely, she conducts her practice from New York and more recently Hawaii, servicing "telephone consult clients". I'm not sure how that works because as an engineer, I have to be licensed to practice in a state. It is saddening to see a professional abrogate her intelligence, and Ms. Dean does it in spades. In addition to her naturopathy, she claims "training" in homeopathy...and references it throughout. With that ultimate in medical quackery, she loses all credibility. Cranks view the mainstream as out to get them and no one else understanding their revelations. She fits that definition.

I'll allow there is some valid points in her arguments. But those are overwhelmed with lots of red herrings, straw men, and plain old angry rants. She has a particular skill in hyperbole. This is full of inflammatory silliness such as "by simple, inexpensive questioning, that he was addicted to sugar, fried foods, and ice cream – he ate little else." How can a "trained" medical professional use the term "addicted" in that context? Elsewhere she says that vaccines are delivered in food. There is other comic relief as well. Unintentional, but still funny. Second paragraph in the Introduction: "struck a resounding cord " Really? (Lest one think I'm picking nits, this is the third edition.) My favorite was a suggested drug watch web page that is actually on a self-proclaimed satirical site!

Too many holes to poke...so I'll pick one at random. She claims that the FDA (the FDA Tyranny...) regulating dietary supplements is bad for small businesses. No! It's bad for charlatans, and good for people who aren't swift enough to check up on the bunk and end up getting fleeced at best, dying at the worst. And later she says "A doctor’s main focus should always be to get people off drugs and onto dietary supplements." The same supplements she doesn't want regulated? If she thinks doctors don't know all the effects of drugs (personally, it is not possible, but better references mitigate), how can they know all the quackery?

Fortunately, her nonsense comes with a get out of jail free card:

Disclaimer: The purpose of this book is to educate. While every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, the book’s contents should not be construed as medical advice. Each person’s health needs are unique. To obtain recommendations appropriate to your particular situation, please consult a qualified health care provider. With your purchase you acknowledge that the publisher and author shall have neither liability nor responsibility for any injury caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book.



Conspiracy nuts will love this and sing its praises. A bit of critical thinking by the rest of us pulls the right thread to unravel the facade.

Should get one star for all the homeopathy nonsense, but gets another because I was able to verify some of her citations.