* 1,000 capsules of Tylenol in a lifetime doubles the risk of end stage renal disease (New England Journal of Medicine, 1994).
* The new estimate for the incidence of autism is 1 in 91 US children (Pediatrics, 2009).
* Chiropractic spinal adjusting has been shown to be better than 5 times more effective than the NSAID's pain drugs Celebrex and Vioxx in the treatment of chronic neck and low back pain (Spine, 2003).
* Taking the correct drug for the correct diagnosis in the correct dose will kill about 106,000 Americans per year, making it the 4th most common cause of death in the US (Journal of American Medical Association, 1998). - It's now higher.
* Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for rheumatoid and/or osteoarthritis conservatively cause 16,500 Americans to bleed to death each year, making that the 15th most common cause of death in the US (New England Journal of Medicine).
* In patients suffering from chronic pain subsequent to degenerative spinal disease, 59% can eliminate the need for pain durgs by consuming adequate levels of Omega-3 essential fatty acids (Surgical Neurology, 2006).
* Supplementing with vitamin D3 has the potential to reduce cancer deaths in America by 75% (Ann of Epidemiology, 2009).
* Potentially, the largest exposure of Americans to the neurotoxin mercury is through the consumption of products containing High Fructose Corn Syrup (Environmental Health, 2009).
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