Coleman’s Laws: Twelve essential medical secrets which could save your life
By Dr. Vernon Coleman – 49 Q&As – Unbekoming Book Summary
I really enjoyed my interview with Dr. Vernon Coleman, and I’ve now reviewed and summarized two of his wonderful books:
To this list I’m now adding this third book.
The generally theme of his work, which I wholeheartedly support is… take responsibility for your own health and work hard to stay the hell away from doctors.
With thanks to Dr. Vernon Coleman.
Vernon Coleman - international bestselling novelist and campaigning author
Coleman's Laws: Twelve essential medical secrets which could save your life: Coleman, Dr Vernon
10-point summary
1. Medical System Dangers: Doctors, hospitals, and drugs are now one of the three or four main causes of death and serious illness in developed countries, alongside cancer and heart disease. One in six hospital patients is there because they've been made ill by doctors.
2. Drug Industry Control: The pharmaceutical industry dominates medical practice through control of education, research, and publication. Drug companies suppress negative research while promoting favorable results, leading to biased treatment information.
3. Natural Healing Powers: The human body possesses sophisticated self-healing mechanisms that modern medicine often ignores or suppresses. Nine out of ten illnesses could heal themselves if allowed to do so naturally.
4. Hospital Hazards: Modern hospitals are dangerous places due to poor hygiene, administrative bloat, inadequate care, and high infection rates. The number of administrators now exceeds both nurses and beds in many hospitals.
5. Treatment Side Effects: Four out of ten patients receiving drug treatment experience serious side effects. When patients develop new symptoms during treatment, they should be assumed to be caused by the treatment until proved otherwise.
6. Vaccination Risks: Vaccination programs may cause more illness and deaths than the diseases they're meant to prevent. Many diseases were already declining significantly before vaccines were introduced, due to improved sanitation and living conditions.
7. Age Discrimination: The elderly receive the worst treatment in modern healthcare systems, often being denied essential care and basic dignity. This discrimination reflects a broader systemic failure where commercial interests override human values.
8. Medical Research Integrity: Only about 1% of articles published in medical journals meet rigorous scientific standards. Most research is funded by drug companies and designed to promote their products rather than discover truth.
9. Environmental Toxins: Modern bodies contain an average of 80 out of 104 tested industrial chemicals. These toxins contribute significantly to modern health problems, yet receive little attention from the medical establishment.
10. Unnecessary Surgery: Surgeons perform millions of unnecessary procedures annually. Many operations, including heart surgeries, show no clear evidence of improving patient outcomes but continue due to financial incentives.
Coleman's 12 Laws
Coleman's 1st Law: If you are receiving treatment for an existing disease and you develop new symptoms then, until proved otherwise, you should assume that the new symptoms are caused by the treatment you are receiving.
Coleman's 2nd Law: There is no point in having tests done unless the results will affect your treatment.
Coleman's 3rd Law: If the treatment doesn't work then you should consider the possibility that the diagnosis might be wrong. This is particularly true when several treatments have been tried.
Coleman's 4th Law: Screening examinations and check-ups are more profitable for doctors than for patients.
Coleman's 5th Law: It is doctors, not patients, who need annual check-ups.
Coleman's 6th Law: Hospitals are not suitable places for sick people. If you must go into one, you should get out as quickly as you can.
Coleman's 7th Law: There are fashions in medicine just as much as there are fashions in clothes. The difference is that whereas badly conceived fashions in clothes are only likely to embarrass you, ill-conceived fashions in medicine may kill you.
Coleman's 8th Law: The medical establishment will always take decisions on health matters which benefit industry, government and the medical profession, rather than patients.
Coleman's 9th Law: Doctors and nurses know little or nothing about staying healthy. In particular, doctors and nurses know nothing useful about food, diet and healthy eating.
Coleman's 10th Law: There are no holistic healers. There are only holistic patients.
Coleman's 11th Law: There is no such thing as minor surgery.
Coleman's 12th Law: Some patients will always be treated more equally than others.
49 Questions & Answers
1. What are the fundamental issues with the modern medical establishment according to Coleman's Laws?
Modern medicine has become dominated by commercial interests rather than patient welfare. The medical establishment consistently makes decisions that benefit industry, government, and the profession rather than patients. Doctors are now one of the leading causes of death and serious injury worldwide, alongside cancer and heart disease.
The system has separated responsibility from authority, with administrators holding power but doctors bearing responsibility. The establishment suppresses alternative treatments, ignores evidence of harm from conventional treatments, and maintains a close relationship with pharmaceutical companies that compromises patient care. Medical education fails to prepare doctors adequately, while bureaucracy and paperwork take precedence over actual patient care.
2. How does Coleman's First Law regarding new symptoms during treatment challenge conventional medical thinking?
Coleman's First Law states that if a patient develops new symptoms while receiving treatment, those symptoms should be assumed to be caused by the treatment until proven otherwise. This challenges the medical establishment's tendency to deny treatment side effects and prescribe additional medications to combat new symptoms, creating a cascade of interventions.
Four out of ten patients who take prescription drugs will develop side effects, some mild but others dangerous and potentially life-threatening. Doctors rarely report these side effects to official watchdogs, enabling claims that prescription drugs are safe. This systematic denial of side effects contributes to prescription cascades where patients receive multiple drugs to treat the side effects of their original medications.
3. Why does Coleman assert that medical screening examinations primarily benefit doctors rather than patients?
Screening examinations and check-ups generate substantial income for medical practitioners while providing questionable benefits to patients. Many screening programs, such as mammography, create false positives that lead to unnecessary procedures and treatments, causing psychological trauma and physical harm to healthy individuals.
The medical establishment promotes screening programs despite evidence of their limitations and risks. For example, mammographic screening may help prevent some breast cancers but also causes breast cancer through radiation exposure. The risk-benefit ratio is particularly poor for younger women, yet screening programs continue to expand because they generate reliable income streams for healthcare providers.
4. What evidence supports Coleman's claim that doctors are now one of the leading causes of death and injury?
Research shows that in America alone, over 100,000 people are killed or injured annually by negligent medical care. When Harvard School of Public Health studied over 30,000 patients in acute care hospitals, they found that nearly 4% suffered unintended injuries during treatment, with 14% of these patients dying from their injuries. This translates to approximately 200,000 deaths per year in America from medical accidents.
Additionally, research indicates that 64% of carotid endarterectomies were either unjustified or of debatable value, while 56% of pacemaker implants were questionable. In America, an estimated 80,000 patients die annually from unnecessary surgery alone. These statistics place medical intervention alongside cancer and heart disease as leading causes of death.
5. How has the pharmaceutical industry influenced medical education and practice?
The pharmaceutical industry controls most aspects of medical education through funding and sponsorship. Drug companies provide most post-graduate education through sponsored meetings and journals heavily dependent on drug company advertising. They employ over 1,200 full-time political lobbyists in America alone, including 40 former Congress members.
The industry spends billions annually on drug samples and sales representatives to influence prescribing patterns. Most doctors receive their information about new treatments exclusively from drug companies, creating a dependency that compromises medical independence. The relationship between doctors and drug companies has become so intertwined that many doctors' primary loyalty appears to be to the pharmaceutical industry rather than their patients.
6. What is the significance of Coleman's observation about doctors' strikes and mortality rates?
When doctors in Israel went on strike for a month, hospital admissions dropped by 85%, yet the death rate fell by 50% to its lowest recorded level. Similar patterns emerged in other locations - in Bogota, Colombia, a 52-day doctors' strike led to a 35% fall in mortality, while in Los Angeles, a doctors' strike resulted in an 18% reduction in deaths.
These statistics demonstrate that routine medical intervention may cause more harm than good. When doctors stop performing non-emergency procedures and prescribing routine medications, fewer people die. This suggests that many medical interventions are unnecessary and potentially harmful, challenging the assumption that more medical care automatically leads to better health outcomes.
7. How does Coleman define and explain the concept of "Bodypower"?
Bodypower represents the body's innate ability to defend itself and heal without external intervention. The human body contains numerous self-healing mechanisms and natural defenses that have been largely forgotten or ignored by modern medicine. Coleman argues that nine out of ten illnesses can be conquered without seeing a doctor or spending money, simply by allowing the body's natural healing processes to work.
The concept emphasizes that the body's natural responses to illness, such as fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, are actually defensive mechanisms designed to fight infection and eliminate toxins. Modern medicine often suppresses these natural responses with drugs, potentially interfering with the body's own healing processes and prolonging illness rather than curing it.
8. What are the key problems with hospital administration and bureaucracy?
Modern hospitals employ more administrators than nurses or beds, creating a top-heavy bureaucratic structure that prioritizes paperwork over patient care. In Britain's National Health Service, the number of administrators has grown from 29,021 in 1951 to 253,613 in 2003, while the number of available hospital beds has decreased from 467,000 to 198,000 over the same period.
Administrators consume vast amounts of healthcare resources while contributing little to patient care. When hospitals face financial difficulties, they typically cut patient services rather than administrative positions. The separation of authority from responsibility means that administrators make decisions about patient care without bearing responsibility for the outcomes, while doctors and nurses bear responsibility without having decision-making authority.
9. Why does Coleman argue that there is no such thing as minor surgery?
All surgical procedures carry inherent risks, regardless of their perceived complexity. Even simple procedures can result in complications such as infections, bleeding, or adverse reactions to anesthesia. The distinction between "minor" and "major" surgery creates a false sense of security that may lead to unnecessary procedures being performed without adequate consideration of risks.
Surgical deaths in the United Kingdom alone number between 20,000 and 30,000 annually. Many of these deaths occur during supposedly routine procedures. Nine out of ten operations are performed to improve life rather than save it, meaning that 90% of surgical deaths occur in patients who didn't necessarily need the operation in the first place.
10. How has the nurse's role changed, and what impact has this had on patient care?
The modern career structure has transformed nursing from a caring profession into an administrative one. Nurses with any ambition must quickly move up the ladder to positions where they have little or no patient contact. The best nurses are removed from direct patient care, while actual hands-on nursing is increasingly left to junior and untrained staff.
This shift has led to declining standards of patient care, with basic nursing tasks often neglected. Many senior nurses now spend their days in offices, completing paperwork and attending meetings rather than caring for patients. The introduction of nursing degrees has turned a fundamentally practical profession into one with spurious academic ambitions, resulting in a system that attracts the wrong people into nursing and fails to prioritize patient care.
11. What is the evidence linking meat consumption to cancer and other diseases?
Evidence shows a direct correlation between meat consumption and multiple forms of cancer, including breast, colon, prostate, and endometrial cancers. The fat in meat is particularly dangerous because it accumulates carcinogenic chemicals fed to animals during farming. This connection is demonstrated clearly in populations like Japanese women, who showed low cancer rates with traditional diets but experienced dramatic increases after adopting meat-heavy Western diets.
The list of diseases linked to meat consumption reads like a medical textbook index, including arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure, constipation, and obesity. The United States Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health confirmed positive associations between animal protein consumption and multiple forms of cancer. Despite this evidence, hospitals continue serving meat-based meals, and the medical establishment remains largely silent about these connections.
Unbekoming:
I don’t agree with Dr. Coleman on this issue, but to give him the benefit of the doubt, this from the book:
According to the book, Coleman mentions several specific pieces of evidence regarding meat and cancer:
The United States Surgeon General's Report called 'Nutrition and Health' is quoted as stating: "In one international correlational study...a positive association was observed between total protein and animal protein and breast, colon, prostate, renal and endometrial cancers."
He specifically cites the case of Japanese women, noting that breast cancer rates were low when they ate a traditional Japanese diet (with very little meat) but increased dramatically when they adopted a Western diet with more meat consumption.
The book mentions that Coleman has summarized 26 scientific papers relating meat to cancer in his book "Food for Thought" and on his website.
He notes that chemicals fed to animals accumulate in the fatty tissues of meat, suggesting this as a mechanism for cancer causation. The carcinogenic chemicals in meat's fatty tissues can easily accumulate in parts of the human body with the most fat, making breast cancer a particular risk.
I’m open to an argument that says, “industrial toxins” in meat can cause cancer, that’s fair enough, but not “meat causes cancer.”
As for the Surgeon General pushing a low/no meat agenda, we can now easily see that for the Globalist, Anti-Human, Net Zero, propaganda that it is.
12. How do drug companies influence medical research and publication?
Between two-thirds and three-quarters of drug trials published in major medical journals are funded by drug companies. Research shows that studies funded by pharmaceutical companies are four times more likely to produce favorable results than independently funded studies. Companies routinely suppress research showing negative results or safety concerns about their products.
Drug companies employ various tactics to manipulate research outcomes, including comparing their products to inferior treatments, selectively publishing results, and ghost-writing scientific papers. They often pay researchers not to publish unfavourable results and use multiple research teams, publishing only the favorable outcomes. Medical journals depend heavily on drug company advertising revenue, creating a conflict of interest in publication decisions.
13. Why does Coleman argue that vaccination programs do more harm than good?
Vaccination programs cause more illness and deaths than the diseases they're meant to prevent. Government compensation schemes have quietly paid damages to thousands of parents whose children suffered brain damage from vaccines. The dramatic increase in autism cases correlates with increased vaccination programs, and children often show severe adverse reactions immediately following vaccination.
The benefits of vaccination are overstated while risks are systematically underreported. Many diseases were already declining significantly before vaccines were introduced, due to improved sanitation and living conditions. Governments promote vaccination programs for economic rather than health reasons, as reduced sick days benefit the state economy. Individual children bear the risks while society reaps the supposed benefits.
14. What is the significance of medical confidentiality's erosion in modern healthcare?
Medical records, once considered sacrosanct, are now accessible to numerous healthcare 'professionals,' social workers, administrators, and government departments. The introduction of computerized records has made it virtually impossible for doctors to protect patient privacy, as countless individuals can access electronic medical information. This represents a fundamental breach of the traditional doctor-patient relationship.
Patients must now assume that anything they tell their doctor will become public knowledge. This erosion of confidentiality discourages honest communication between patients and doctors, potentially compromising diagnosis and treatment. The situation has become so severe that conversations with doctors must be regarded as being in the public domain, with nurses, administrators, police, and others having routine access to private medical information.
15. How does the treatment of elderly patients reflect broader problems in healthcare?
The elderly receive the worst treatment in modern healthcare systems, often being denied essential care and basic dignity. Hospitals frequently withhold food and fluids from elderly patients, and many are chemically restrained with unnecessary sedatives in nursing homes. The medical establishment views older patients as financial burdens rather than human beings deserving of care and respect.
This discrimination reflects a broader systemic failure where commercial interests override human values. While other forms of discrimination are condemned, ageism remains acceptable in healthcare. Elderly patients are routinely denied treatments available to younger patients, and their deaths are often hastened through deliberate neglect or active policies designed to free up hospital beds.
16. What are the main issues with drug testing and approval processes?
Drug trials often involve relatively few people over short periods, making it impossible to detect rare but serious side effects before approval. A drug that kills one in 1,000 people might show no problems in a trial of 100 patients, but could cause 10,000 deaths when prescribed to 10 million people. This becomes particularly problematic when drugs are prescribed for non-life-threatening conditions.
Safety testing is inadequate, with many drugs tested only on adults before being prescribed to children and elderly patients. About 90% of medication given to newborns has only been tested on adults. Similarly, drugs are rarely tested on people over 65, leaving doctors to guess appropriate dosages for elderly patients. The approval process prioritizes speed to market over safety.
17. How do animals demonstrate natural healing abilities, and what can humans learn from this?
Animals instinctively practice self-medication when ill, utilizing natural substances and behaviors to heal themselves. For example, chimpanzees with intestinal parasites consume specific plants with medicinal properties and eat particular leaves that help expel worms. They understand that they are more susceptible to infection during times of stress and adjust their behavior accordingly.
Modern humans have lost this natural wisdom, while domesticated animals in factory farms are denied the opportunity to self-medicate. Animals in their natural environment demonstrate holistic approaches to healing, combining multiple strategies to address illness. This contrasts sharply with modern medicine's reliance on single pharmaceutical interventions and highlights the importance of working with natural healing processes.
18. What is the true meaning of holistic medicine according to Coleman?
True holistic medicine involves using all available therapeutic options to treat patients, including both conventional and alternative approaches. However, there are no truly holistic practitioners, as most doctors and alternative therapists remain confined within their specific modalities. Instead, patients must become holistic themselves, investigating all treatment options and choosing what works best for their situation.
A holistic approach requires considering the patient's entire condition rather than just treating symptoms. This includes examining diet, lifestyle, environmental factors, and psychological state. The current medical system, focused on specialist treatments and pharmaceutical interventions, fails to provide truly holistic care, forcing patients to become their own health advocates and coordinators of care.
19. How has medical education failed to prepare doctors for practical healthcare?
Medical schools are run by academics rather than practical physicians, resulting in doctors who lack basic clinical skills. Surveys of junior hospital doctors consistently reveal alarming ignorance about drugs, prescription writing, and simple practical procedures. The emphasis on theoretical knowledge over practical experience creates doctors ill-equipped to handle real-world patient care.
Universities should replace earnest super-specialists who have never seen common conditions with experienced family doctors as teachers. Current medical education focuses on rare conditions and complex procedures while failing to teach basic patient care and practical prescribing skills. This creates doctors who know complex theory but cannot perform simple, essential medical tasks.
20. What role do hospital infections play in patient mortality?
Hospital-acquired infections, particularly MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus), kill thousands of patients annually. Poor hygiene standards, including staff failing to wash hands between patients and inadequate cleaning procedures, contribute to the spread of these deadly infections. British patients in National Health Service hospitals are 40 times more likely to get an MRSA infection than patients in other European countries.
The problem is exacerbated by bureaucratic indifference and cost-cutting measures. Cleaners often perform superficial cleaning, nurses frequently fail to follow basic hygiene protocols, and administrators prioritize paperwork over cleanliness. The situation has become so severe that entering a hospital for minor treatment carries a significant risk of acquiring a potentially fatal infection.
21. How do drug companies create and market diseases?
Drug companies actively transform normal life experiences into medical conditions requiring treatment. For example, they reframed natural menopause as a medical condition requiring hormone replacement therapy, and normal aging processes as diseases needing pharmaceutical intervention. They create markets by promoting awareness campaigns that medicalize normal human experiences.
Disease awareness campaigns often operate through seemingly independent patient groups and medical organizations that receive pharmaceutical funding. Once a condition is established as a disease, drug companies promote expensive long-term treatments, creating perpetual markets. Conditions like COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) have been imported from America specifically to create new markets for expensive drug therapies.
22. Why does Coleman argue that most surgery is unnecessary?
Research indicates that in America alone, surgeons perform 7.5 million unnecessary surgical procedures annually, resulting in 37,136 unnecessary deaths. For example, 64% of carotid endarterectomies are either unjustified or of debatable value, while up to 70% of hysterectomies are unnecessary. Many operations are performed for conditions that could be treated effectively through less invasive means.
Surgeons operate because that's what they do and how they earn money. Many elective procedures, such as certain heart surgeries, show no clear evidence of improving patient outcomes. Studies indicate that patients often do better with conservative treatment approaches, but surgeons continue to recommend operations because of financial incentives and professional bias toward surgical intervention.
23. What is the significance of the body's self-healing mechanisms?
The human body contains sophisticated self-healing and defense mechanisms that modern medicine often overlooks or suppresses. For example, fever is a natural defense mechanism that helps kill infectious organisms, yet doctors routinely prescribe medications to reduce fever, potentially prolonging illness. Similarly, vomiting and diarrhea serve to expel toxins and pathogens, but are often suppressed with medications.
In nine out of ten illnesses, the human body can heal itself without intervention. The body's natural responses, from blood clotting to immune system activation, are precisely calibrated to promote healing. Modern medicine's tendency to interfere with these natural processes often delays recovery and can create additional health problems.
24. How has the doctor-patient relationship changed over time?
The traditional doctor-patient relationship, based on personal knowledge and trust, has been replaced by a commercialized, bureaucratic interaction. Doctors once acted as patient advocates and interpreters of medical information, but now often serve as mere conduits for pharmaceutical products and administrative procedures. Patient confidentiality, once sacrosanct, has been sacrificed to bureaucratic demands.
Modern healthcare systems prioritize efficiency and profit over personal care, resulting in shorter consultations and less patient interaction. The introduction of computer systems and standardized protocols has further depersonalized medical care. Doctors spend more time completing paperwork and following administrative procedures than actually listening to and caring for patients.
25. What are the main problems with modern clinical trials?
Modern clinical trials are largely controlled and funded by pharmaceutical companies, creating inherent bias in research outcomes. Companies manipulate trials by selecting favorable comparison treatments, cherry-picking results, and suppressing negative findings. Only about 1% of articles published in medical journals meet rigorous scientific standards.
Drug companies routinely conduct multiple trials but only publish those showing positive results. They often pay researchers not to publish unfavorable findings and use ghost writers to prepare articles for medical journals. The peer review process has been compromised by financial relationships between researchers and pharmaceutical companies, making it difficult to trust published research results.
26. How do chemical toxins in our environment affect human health?
Environmental toxins have become so prevalent that human breast milk contains chemical contaminants making it unfit for commercial sale. Modern bodies contain an average of 80 out of 104 tested industrial chemicals, with children's bodies showing particularly high contamination levels. These chemicals can cause liver cancer, brain damage, premature birth, and numerous other health problems.
The situation continues to worsen as chemical companies now produce 400 million tons of man-made chemicals annually, compared to just one million tons in 1930. Despite this massive increase, there isn't enough safety information available for nearly 90% of the 2,500 chemicals regularly used in large quantities to enable even basic safety assessment.
27. What are the main issues with medical specialization?
Medical specialization has created a fragmented approach to patient care where each specialist focuses on specific body parts or conditions rather than treating the whole person. This leads to uncoordinated care and multiple treatments that may conflict or cause additional problems.
Specialists often fail to communicate effectively with each other or consider the overall impact of their treatments on patient health. This narrow focus can result in missed diagnoses and inappropriate treatments that address symptoms rather than underlying causes.
28. How do hospital conditions affect patient recovery?
Modern hospitals are designed for staff convenience rather than patient healing, contrasting sharply with ancient hospitals that prioritized healing environments. Today's hospitals feature bare, prison-like environments that concentrate patients' minds on pain, fear, and death. Windows are often positioned where patients can't see out, and general design principles ignore psychological and spiritual aspects of healing.
Poor hospital food, lack of natural light, noise pollution, and institutional environments all contribute to slower recovery rates. The situation is compounded by understaffing, poor hygiene practices, and administrative priorities that place paperwork above patient care. These conditions create an environment that often hinders rather than promotes healing.
29. Why does Coleman argue against routine health check-ups?
Regular health check-ups provide a false sense of security while potentially causing harm through unnecessary interventions and anxiety. Like a single bank statement providing an incomplete picture of financial health, occasional check-ups offer limited insight into overall health status. These examinations often lead to false positives and unnecessary treatments.
Check-ups primarily benefit doctors financially while offering questionable value to patients. Instead of routine check-ups, Coleman advocates teaching patients to recognize significant warning signs and symptoms that indicate potential health problems. This approach empowers patients to monitor their health continuously rather than relying on occasional professional examinations.
30. What is the significance of medical fashions in treatment approaches?
Medical fashions, like clothing fashions, come and go, but their consequences can be lethal rather than merely embarrassing. Treatments become popular not because of scientific validity but due to marketing, professional bias, and financial incentives. Historical examples include widespread tonsil removal, bleeding patients, and prescribing brandy for various ailments.
Modern medical fashions often involve unnecessary surgical procedures or drug treatments promoted by pharmaceutical companies. These fashions can persist for years or decades before being discredited, causing significant harm to patients in the meantime. The medical establishment's susceptibility to fashionable treatments reflects its lack of scientific rigor and vulnerability to commercial influences.
31. How do governments collaborate with pharmaceutical companies?
Governments consistently protect pharmaceutical industry interests over public health concerns. They suppress negative research findings, provide market protections, and maintain regulatory systems that favor industry profits. When faced with choosing between public health and pharmaceutical profits, governments typically side with industry, often due to extensive lobbying and the economic power of drug companies.
Health regulators frequently move between government positions and pharmaceutical industry jobs, creating conflicts of interest. Governments fail to enforce safety regulations effectively and often help suppress information about dangerous drugs. The financial contributions and job creation promised by pharmaceutical companies influence government policies and regulations at every level.
32. What are the dangers of over-prescribing antibiotics?
The widespread overuse of antibiotics has led to the emergence of resistant bacterial strains that threaten public health. In America, over half of all antibiotics are fed to animals, contributing to the development of antibiotic-resistant infections. The percentage of staphylococcal infections resistant to penicillin rose from 13% in 1960 to 91% in 1988.
Doctors frequently prescribe antibiotics for viral infections where they have no benefit, and prescribe varying courses of treatment without scientific basis. Some prescribe five-day courses while others prescribe fourteen days for the same condition. This inconsistent and excessive use of antibiotics has created a major public health crisis with potentially catastrophic consequences.
33. How does age discrimination manifest in medical treatment?
The elderly face systematic discrimination in healthcare, often being denied basic treatments available to younger patients. Many hospitals have policies limiting resuscitation efforts for older patients, and some actively withhold food and fluids from elderly patients to free up beds. This discrimination has become the only socially acceptable form of prejudice in modern healthcare.
Healthcare systems view elderly patients as financial burdens rather than human beings deserving care. Nurses routinely sedate elderly patients for convenience, and doctors often withhold potentially beneficial treatments based solely on age. This treatment contrasts sharply with how other mammals care for their elderly, where wisdom and experience are valued and protected.
34. What is the truth about increased life expectancy claims?
The medical establishment's claims about increasing life expectancy are largely misleading. The apparent increase in life expectancy primarily results from reduced infant mortality due to better sanitation and living conditions, not medical advances. People in biblical times were encouraged to expect a lifespan of "three score and ten," similar to today's expectations.
Drug companies and doctors take credit for improved longevity while ignoring the real factors: cleaner drinking water, better sewage facilities, and improved living conditions. The proportion of older people has increased primarily because couples have fewer children, not because people live significantly longer than they did in previous centuries.
35. How do food companies manipulate health information?
Food companies use misleading labels and marketing terminology to confuse consumers about their products' health implications. Terms like "fresh," "natural," and "farm fresh" have no legal meaning but create false impressions of wholesomeness. Even the term "organic" has been compromised in many countries to allow the use of certain chemicals and pesticides.
The industry routinely suppresses negative research findings and funds studies designed to support their marketing claims. They create seemingly independent organizations to promote their interests and influence government nutrition policies. Their deceptive practices make it difficult for consumers to make informed choices about their food.
36. What are the main issues with autism diagnosis and treatment?
The dramatic increase in autism diagnoses correlates directly with increased vaccination programs. Coleman argues that many cases diagnosed as autism are actually vaccine-induced brain damage, relabeled to avoid liability and compensation claims. The medical establishment prefers the term autism because it suggests a natural condition rather than an iatrogenic injury.
The medical profession's approach to autism focuses on managing symptoms rather than investigating causes. This allows the continuation of practices that may contribute to the condition while creating an industry of specialists and therapists who benefit from long-term treatment programs.
37. How does the AIDS epidemic demonstrate medical establishment failures?
The AIDS crisis exemplifies how medical establishments can create unnecessary panic for political and financial gain. Early predictions of widespread heterosexual AIDS epidemics proved wildly inaccurate, yet generated massive funding and research grants. The medical establishment suppressed evidence that contradicted their catastrophic predictions.
Media coverage and medical reporting consistently ignored scientific evidence about transmission routes and risk factors, creating unnecessary fear and misallocation of resources. This demonstrates how medical establishments can maintain false narratives for political and financial benefit, even when contradicted by scientific evidence.
38. What role do administrators play in declining healthcare quality?
Hospital administrators have multiplied while patient care positions have decreased. In Britain's NHS, administrator numbers grew from 29,021 in 1951 to 253,613 in 2003, while available hospital beds decreased. Administrators consume resources that could be used for patient care and create bureaucratic systems that prioritize paperwork over treatment.
When hospitals face financial difficulties, they cut patient services rather than administrative positions. Administrators make decisions about patient care without medical knowledge or accountability, while doctors and nurses bear responsibility without authority. This separation of authority from responsibility has created a dysfunctional healthcare system.
39. How do financial incentives influence medical decision-making?
Financial incentives pervade every aspect of medical decision-making, from drug prescriptions to surgical procedures. Doctors receive bonuses for meeting vaccination targets and prescribing certain medications. Surgeons perform unnecessary operations because they generate income, while hospitals promote profitable procedures over more conservative treatments.
The system rewards intervention over prevention and expensive treatments over simpler solutions. Doctors who recommend dietary changes or natural healing methods earn less than those who prescribe drugs or perform surgery. This financial structure ensures that medical decisions often prioritize profit over patient welfare.
40. What is the significance of suppressed medical research?
Drug companies routinely suppress research showing negative results or safety concerns about their products. Studies funded by pharmaceutical companies are four times more likely to produce favorable results than independent research, suggesting systematic bias in published medical literature. Negative results are often buried while positive findings are heavily promoted.
The suppression of unfavorable research creates a distorted picture of medical treatments' effectiveness and safety. This selective publication of research results means that doctors and patients make decisions based on incomplete and biased information, leading to potentially harmful treatment choices.
41. How do doctors underestimate the power of natural healing?
The human body contains sophisticated self-healing mechanisms that modern medicine often ignores or suppresses. For example, fever serves as a natural defense against infection, yet doctors routinely prescribe medications to reduce fever, potentially prolonging illness. The body's natural responses, from inflammation to immune system activation, are precisely calibrated healing mechanisms.
Modern medical training fails to teach doctors about these natural healing processes, leading them to intervene unnecessarily with drugs or procedures. Nine out of ten illnesses could resolve themselves if doctors simply allowed the body's natural healing mechanisms to work. Instead, medical intervention often interferes with these processes, creating additional health problems.
42. What are the main problems with medical journalism?
Medical journalists typically lack adequate medical training and understanding to critically evaluate research or challenge medical establishments. Most simply reprint drug company press releases or uncritically accept statements from medical authorities. Those who do attempt investigative reporting often face pressure from advertisers and medical establishments to suppress critical stories.
Few medical journalists understand how to interpret clinical trials or spot methodological flaws in research. They rarely question the financial relationships between researchers and drug companies or investigate conflicts of interest. This leads to superficial reporting that serves industry interests rather than public health.
43. How does modern farming affect human health?
Modern farming practices have created serious health risks through the use of antibiotics, hormones, and chemical additives in animal feed. Farmers routinely feed animals everything from human sewage to ground-up animal parts, creating potential disease vectors. The widespread use of antibiotics in farming has contributed significantly to antibiotic resistance in humans.
Animals in modern farms are denied natural behaviors and self-medication opportunities, leading to stressed, sick animals requiring constant medication. These farming practices produce meat containing chemical residues, hormones, and antibiotics that pose serious health risks to consumers. The situation is compounded by industry influence over food safety regulations.
44. What is the real purpose of vaccination programs according to Coleman?
Vaccination programs primarily serve economic rather than health purposes. Governments promote vaccination to reduce workplace absences and healthcare costs, sacrificing individual health for perceived societal benefits. The actual effectiveness and safety of vaccines are secondary to their economic impact.
Children bear the risks of vaccination while society reaps the supposed benefits. Many diseases were already declining significantly before vaccine introduction due to improved sanitation and living conditions. The vaccination program represents a massive experiment in population management driven by commercial and political interests rather than public health concerns.
45. How do medical establishments handle whistleblowers and critics?
Medical establishments systematically suppress and discredit critics who challenge accepted practices or expose problems. Critics face professional ostracism, loss of research funding, and career destruction. Publications and conferences often refuse to provide platforms for views that challenge pharmaceutical industry interests or medical orthodoxy.
Those who question vaccination programs, expose drug dangers, or challenge profitable medical practices face systematic opposition from medical establishments. This creates an environment where doctors and researchers fear speaking out about problems they observe, allowing dangerous practices to continue unchallenged.
46. What role does stress play in modern illness?
Modern stress contributes significantly to illness, yet the medical establishment typically responds with drugs rather than addressing underlying causes. Our bodies retain primitive stress responses designed for immediate physical threats, but now face chronic psychological stresses that create ongoing health problems.
The medical profession's failure to address stress as a fundamental cause of illness leads to symptom suppression rather than genuine healing. Instead of helping patients manage stress through lifestyle changes and natural methods, doctors typically prescribe medications that may create additional health problems.
47. How do drug companies influence medical education?
Drug companies control medical education through funding of research, conferences, and publications. Most doctors receive their continuing education through drug company-sponsored events and materials. This creates a system where medical knowledge is filtered through commercial interests from the earliest stages of medical training.
Medical schools rely heavily on pharmaceutical industry funding and resources, creating a bias toward drug-based treatments from the beginning of medical careers. This influence extends throughout doctors' professional lives through sponsored conferences, research grants, and educational materials, ensuring that medical practice aligns with industry interests.
48. What is the significance of patient responsibility in healthcare?
Patients who take active responsibility for their health typically achieve better outcomes than those who passively follow doctors' orders. This involves learning about their conditions, questioning treatments, and making informed decisions about care. Patients who know more about their conditions than their doctors typically live longer.
However, the medical establishment often discourages patient empowerment, preferring compliant patients who accept prescribed treatments without question. This creates a conflict between patient self-advocacy and medical authority that can compromise care quality.
49. How does hospital food affect patient recovery?
Hospital food is often nutritionally inadequate and potentially harmful to patient recovery. Many hospitals continue serving meat-based diets despite evidence linking meat consumption to cancer and other diseases. Poor food quality can slow healing and contribute to longer hospital stays.
The situation is often worsened by inadequate feeding assistance for patients who cannot feed themselves, leading to malnutrition in hospitals. This represents a fundamental failure in basic patient care that can significantly impact recovery outcomes.
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All of this! Yes! I especially appreciate your comment on #11.
Everything in “healthcare” has become counterproductive to actual health. My first tipoff to this years ago was realizing that something as natural and routine as childbirth had been transformed into something like a disease state requiring medical intervention. And the more medical interventions she takes, the more prone to complications a mother and baby become. God’s design is nothing less than unfathomable genius — let it do its thing!
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way is a book for coaching natural childbirth, and it describes how even just receiving IV fluids upon entering the hospital (which is standard) dilutes the hormone that naturally and gently accelerates labor, resulting in “slowed or stalled labor” to which the doctor recommends administering pitocin to artificially stimulate/accelerate labor. This artificial stimulation is so fast and so painful/difficult (as compared to the more gradual and tolerable natural escalation of labor) that it precipitates physical distresses in mother and baby to the point of then requiring emergency c-section to rescue them from the risks created by hospital protocol itself. But of course, c-sections are far more profitable than natural deliveries, bringing also the financial payoff of treating the potential issues/infections common to surgical childbirth — no wonder the industry frightens young women into thinking natural childbirth outside of hospital management is too hazardous! What a world!
Vernon is a treasure!