MORE FASCINATING FACTS FROM LYNNE MCTAGGART'S BOOK.. IF YOU LIVE IN THE US WHERE 40,000 PEOPLE ARE SHOT DEAD EVERY YEAR, YOU ARE NEVERTHELESS THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY A DOCTOR THAN BY A GUN. PREGNANT WOMEN ABORT PERFECTLY HEALTHY BABIES AFTER THE FOETUS IS WRONGLY DIANOSED AS BEING DEFECTIVE. IN ONE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, NEARLY 20,000 PATIENTS ARE MISDIAGNOSED AS HAVING CANCER AND GIVEN TREATMENT THAT MAY INCREASE THEIR CHANCES OF DEVELOPING THE DISEASE. |