Why are Americans paying MORE for healthcare with WORSE results?
Dr. John Abramson was a family physician for 20 years who left his practice in 2002 to devote himself to researching the commercial takeover of medical knowledge. He has since served as an expert in medical litigation, served as a consultant to the FBI & US Dept of Justice & authored two books – Overdosed America & Sickening.
In this episode, he shares how the power of public conversation could be the key to sustainable change in the American medical system. He also explores why your doctor is a captured agent, answers the question, are Americans too lazy for healthy lifestyle changes?, the drug that that killed more Americans than the Vietnam War & the specific wording you’ll need at your next doctor’s appointment to help your doctor help you.
This episode originally aired June 3, 2024.
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2:56 A 9/11 every day: 1 million excess American deaths a year
6:42 The good news: 80-90% of your health is in your control
9:53 96% of medical research is about drugs, not health
11:53 The "Americans are just lazy" myth, debunked
13:42 A landmark study: lifestyle beat metformin at preventing diabetes
15:47 Why doctors default to the pill
16:09 Statins cut heart disease risk 20%. Lifestyle cuts it 80%
18:44 How to get real answers out of your doctor
21:14 Your doctor might know less about nutrition than you think
21:47 "A captured agent": why doctors trust bad information
23:42 The peer review system doesn't work like you think
25:45 Is medical research being ghostwritten?
27:01 The Vioxx case: 60,000 dead, nobody arrested
28:15 Inside Merck's cover-up email
36:07 Why the FDA won't stop the ad blitz
38:20 How to actually negotiate with your doctor
39:32 The real math behind whether you need a statin
41:24 What if being an informed patient gets you fired by your doctor?
45:31 Where to find Abramson's books, Overdosed America and Sickening
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