Annual Pap Smears
Women should undergo PAP screening only once every three years (not annually). When testing is more frequent, or started before age 21, there's a greater chance of detecting human papillomavirus (HPV), and associated lesions, more frequently. Most HPV infections clear up on their own without treatment.
Evidence shows that screening women for cervical cancer more frequently than every three years does not detect more cancer, but despite the new PAP screen guidelines, most physicians continue to recommend annual PAP screening to their patients, mostly because they (and their patients) are in the habit of doing so. Some physicians also fear their patients will not come in for annual exams and other screening if the PAP is not required every year.
Mammograms
Mammograms only occasionally save lives. One analysis revealed that a mammogram has, at best, only a 13 percent probability of saving a woman's life, and that the probability may actually be as low as 3 percent. No matter what data they used, including considering women of different ages, the probability of a mammogram saving a life remained below 25 percent.
Women should undergo PAP screening only once every three years (not annually). When testing is more frequent, or started before age 21, there's a greater chance of detecting human papillomavirus (HPV), and associated lesions, more frequently. Most HPV infections clear up on their own without treatment.
Evidence shows that screening women for cervical cancer more frequently than every three years does not detect more cancer, but despite the new PAP screen guidelines, most physicians continue to recommend annual PAP screening to their patients, mostly because they (and their patients) are in the habit of doing so. Some physicians also fear their patients will not come in for annual exams and other screening if the PAP is not required every year.
Mammograms
Mammograms only occasionally save lives. One analysis revealed that a mammogram has, at best, only a 13 percent probability of saving a woman's life, and that the probability may actually be as low as 3 percent. No matter what data they used, including considering women of different ages, the probability of a mammogram saving a life remained below 25 percent.
Mammograms often diagnose tumors that may never threaten a
woman's life. They also often result in false positives that lead to
over-treatment, i.e. misdiagnosed women often undergo unnecessary
mastectomies, lumpectomies, radiation treatments and chemotherapy, which
can have a devastating effect on both the quality and length of their
lives
Cold and Flu
Think it's wise to go to a conventional physician for
these? Think again. Thanks to routine over-prescription of antibiotics,
and the prescription of inappropriate antibiotics, you're likely to walk
away after being told to take a drug you don't actually need.
Ideally, you must address nutrition, sleep, exercise, vitamin D
and stress issues the moment you first feel yourself getting a bug.
These are the immune-enhancing strategies that will be most effective in
preventing and curing colds and flu.
Cholesterol
Depression
Prescription Drugs Might Kill You and They Don't Address the Cause of the Problem
Most doctor's visits end up with a prescription, but a drug prescription is usually a Band-Aid that gets nowhere near the root cause of illness. And many drugs are dangerous. Last year an analysis of data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control(CDC) revealed that deaths from properly prescribed drugs now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States! And when you add in deaths attributable to other medical care modalities, like hospital admissions and surgery, the modern medical system becomes the leading cause of death and injury in the United States.
Your Doctor Might Not Even Tell You the Truth
Many doctors have no idea that a high-cholesterol and a
high-fat diet are NOT the cause of heart disease. If you visit your
physician and you have high cholesterol, you're likely to be told two
things: 1. Take a statin cholesterol-lowering drug and 2. Don't eat
saturated fat.
While statin drugs do lower cholesterol very
effectively, cholesterol is not the culprit in heart disease. Research
suggests statins don't prolong your life any longer than if you'd not
taken them at all. And rather than improving your life, they actually
contribute to deterioration in the quality of your life, destroying
muscles and endangering liver, kidney and even heart function. The best
ways to optimize your cholesterol levels and your heart health have to
do with lifestyle measures, which include eating healthy saturated fats.
Most people do not need statin drugs!
Depression
Every year, 230 million prescriptions for
antidepressants are filled, making them one of the most prescribed drugs
in the United States. Despite all of these prescriptions, more than one
in 20 Americans are depressed.
Research has confirmed that antidepressant drugs are no more
effective than sugar pills. Many people also forget that antidepressants
come with a slew of side effects, some of which are deadly (such as an
increased risk of suicide). Unfortunately, since most doctors focus on
treating depression with drugs, many safe and natural treatment options
that DO work -- like exercise, the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT),
vitamin D, and proper nutrition -- are completely ignored.
High Blood Pressure
The definition of what constitutes high blood pressure expanded greatly in 2003, so that drug companies could sell drugs loaded with side effects to 45 million extra people. Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a very serious health concern that can lead to heart disease and increases your risk of having a stroke -- but following a healthy nutrition plan, along with exercising and implementing effective stress reduction techniques will normalize blood pressure in most people. Most doctors will simply prescribe a medication, and neglect to tell you about these other crucial factors.
PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer
These tests actually reveal very little, and an irrelevant positive result will likely lead to a biopsy that comes with infection risk. Today, many experts agree that the prostate-specific antigen test (PSA test) is unreliable at best and useless at worst for accurately diagnosing prostate cancer. Many also agree that routine PSA blood tests often lead to over-diagnosis of prostate cancer, resulting in unnecessary treatments. Similar to mammograms, the PSA screen has become little more than an up-sell technique. The false positive rate is high, and the bulk of the harm is a result of subsequent unnecessary treatments.
Inappropriate and Unwise Dietary Advice
Most doctors don't have the first clue about what constitutes a healthy diet. As such, they will recommend health catastrophes like artificial sweeteners, vegetable oils in lieu of butter, and fat-free pasteurized dairy products. Most will also neglect to tell you about the foods you could be eating more of to optimize your health, like fermented vegetables, raw dairy products, healthy fats (like saturated and animal-based omega-3s), grass-fed beef and more.
High Blood Pressure
The definition of what constitutes high blood pressure expanded greatly in 2003, so that drug companies could sell drugs loaded with side effects to 45 million extra people. Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a very serious health concern that can lead to heart disease and increases your risk of having a stroke -- but following a healthy nutrition plan, along with exercising and implementing effective stress reduction techniques will normalize blood pressure in most people. Most doctors will simply prescribe a medication, and neglect to tell you about these other crucial factors.
PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer
These tests actually reveal very little, and an irrelevant positive result will likely lead to a biopsy that comes with infection risk. Today, many experts agree that the prostate-specific antigen test (PSA test) is unreliable at best and useless at worst for accurately diagnosing prostate cancer. Many also agree that routine PSA blood tests often lead to over-diagnosis of prostate cancer, resulting in unnecessary treatments. Similar to mammograms, the PSA screen has become little more than an up-sell technique. The false positive rate is high, and the bulk of the harm is a result of subsequent unnecessary treatments.
Inappropriate and Unwise Dietary Advice
Most doctors don't have the first clue about what constitutes a healthy diet. As such, they will recommend health catastrophes like artificial sweeteners, vegetable oils in lieu of butter, and fat-free pasteurized dairy products. Most will also neglect to tell you about the foods you could be eating more of to optimize your health, like fermented vegetables, raw dairy products, healthy fats (like saturated and animal-based omega-3s), grass-fed beef and more.
In addition, most are ignorant about the importance of
how to cook your food – most foods are best consumed when raw or only
lightly cooked, and this includes animal proteins like eggs and meat. A
discussion about food quality is essential to health (i.e. getting your
meat from a small local farmer instead of a confined animal feeding
operation (CAFO) but you will almost never hear this from your
Prescription Drugs Might Kill You and They Don't Address the Cause of the Problem
Most doctor's visits end up with a prescription, but a drug prescription is usually a Band-Aid that gets nowhere near the root cause of illness. And many drugs are dangerous. Last year an analysis of data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control(CDC) revealed that deaths from properly prescribed drugs now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States! And when you add in deaths attributable to other medical care modalities, like hospital admissions and surgery, the modern medical system becomes the leading cause of death and injury in the United States.
Your Doctor Might Not Even Tell You the Truth
A U.S. telephone survey found that 79 percent of
Americans trust their doctor. But a recent survey of 1,900 physicians
revealed that 10 percent of physicians have lied to their patients,
one-third had not told patients when they made a medical error and 40
percent believed that they should hide their financial relationships
with drug and device companies.
When making health care decisions, you must be your own
advocate; it's important to ask questions before opting for tests,
procedures or treatments, and it's your decision if you'd rather opt for
less medical intervention while choosing a more natural way of healing
your body.
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