(Background for question of the week): America’s Health Care Expenditures Will Double In Next Ten Years! The cost of taking care of America’s health is set to double over the next ten years to an annual bill of over 4 trillion dollars (that’s $4,000,000,000,000) according to a new report by federal economics experts. This means…
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Dietary Supplement Access Poll – 01/15/2007
Posted on Author Dr. Marcus EttingerPosted in Dietary Supplement Access Poll - 01/15/2007, Dr. Ettinger's Thoughts, In The News21 Replies
January 17, 2007 Dear California Academy of Health customer: Dietary Supplement Access Poll – 01/15/2007 results and my response to the CBS Nightly News piece on dietary supplements which aired in two parts, January 15th and 16th. On January 15th I alerted CAOH.COM customers to a CBS Nightly News piece bashing dietary supplements and I…
Report Finds a Heavy Toll From Medication Errors
By GARDINER HARRIS Published: July 21, 2006 WASHINGTON, July 20 Medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand each year in the United States, costing the nation at least $3.5 billion annually, the Institute of Medicine concluded in a report released on Thursday. Drug errors are so widespread that hospital patients should expect…