Doctors & The Pharmaceutical Industry

Daily Health Tips Newsletter March 19, 2012 Know someone who'd enjoy this health tip? Forward this to a Friend!   YOU MIGHT LIKE Are Ethics on the Decline? Self Control Breeds Success Cursing Kills Pain Redux A Drink A Day Keeps Dementia Away Daily Natural Health Recommendations CONNECT WITH US  HEALTH PODCAST "Take Back Your Health" Audio Series by Jon Barron Enjoy Jon Barron's free audio series called "Take Back Your Health" that parallels many of the chapters in Jon Barron's book Lessons from the Miracle Doctors -- with a few added nuggets of information. Did you receive this email from a friend? Subscribe here to get your own copy! Want more natural health news and tips? Get our bi-weekly special report, direct from Jon Barron! Subscribe here and get two free books! Here is today's Daily Health Tip you requested!  If you'd like to forward this email, unsubscribe, or manage your subscription, click here. Lessons from Jon Barron Doctors & The Pharmaceutical Industry    In this week's excerpt from Lessons from the Miracle Doctors, Jon Barron draws back the curtain on some of the unhealthy connections that doctors share with the pharmaceutical industry. "The relationship of the drug industry to doctors is no less prevalent or obscene than is the relationship of political action committee (PAC) money to politicians or the influence of defense contractors to the U.S. military. Money buys votes; money buys defense contracts; and money buys doctors' treatment choices. As I mentioned previously, for many doctors their sole source of information about drugs and treatments comes from drug company representatives. In a very real sense, the drug companies take an active role in your treatment. How often have you been to a doctor's office and been given free samples of medications? Those samples were given to your doctor by the drug company reps, and he has given them to you as part of your treatment. But there is even more—and worse. The major drug companies have frequently been investigated for, and found guilty of, gross ethical violations in influencing doctors by doing things such as awarding free travel and kickbacks to doctors who convert prescriptions written for generic drugs or competitors' drugs to prescriptions written for their products. It is important to note that, in almost every case where the drug companies have been called to task for these illegal acts, the call has come from outside the medical community." -- We hope you enjoyed this week's excerpt from Lessons from the Miracle Doctors. Next week, we'll take a look at some of the ways drug company money influences the health care you receive. If you enjoyed this excerpt and would like to get a copy of the book for yourself, please visit one of the following resources. Download your free abridged PDF edition here. Listen to a narrated version of it here. Purchase a Kindle expanded edition here. Purchase your hardcover expanded edition at bookstores everywhere, including Amazon.com Liked this health tip? Pass it along to someone else who might enjoy it as well! Forward this email to a Friend! Find more great topics on natural health @ JonBarron.org! Health Topics | Detox Program | Health Articles | Programs | Podcasts   Copyright © 2002-2011 The Baseline of Health Foundation - All rights reserved. - Contact Us The Baseline of Health Foundation - 19360 Rinaldi St. Suite 370 Porter Ranch, CA 91326

 

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