Show 1074: Surviving Medical Errors and Seeking the Truth

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Medical errors and misadventures account for surprisingly high mortality in the U.S. Some experts estimate that they should be considered the third leading cause of death in this country. Many such mistakes could be prevented. How can you protect yourself or a family member from becoming a victim of medical errors? Many major causes of […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.2	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:04.2	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.3	This podcast is brought to you by Redix Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:30.6	Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in America, but mistakes often go unreported.
0:39.3	Can we fix what we don't measure?
0:43.3	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:56.8	Even insiders who suffer medical mistakes themselves can have a hard time learning what went wrong.
0:59.9	Today we're talking with the patient in room two.
1:04.7	It's a nurse's story of surviving preventable errors and discovering the truth.
1:10.2	What can you do to protect yourself and those you love against common medical mistakes. What questions should you ask before
1:12.7	agreeing to surgery or another medical procedure? How realistic is informed consent? Coming up on the
1:20.5	People's Pharmacy, Donna Helen Crisp gives us an anatomy of medical errors. First, this news.
1:33.3	In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, vitamin E and selenium do not appear to be helpful in preventing dementia.
1:38.3	Over the last several decades, neurologists have considered oxidative stress
1:42.3	as an important risk factor for neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
1:47.9	That's why they hoped antioxidant supplements might protect older people from cognitive decline.
1:53.6	But a new study in JAMA neurology shows no benefit from either vitamin E or selenium or the combination. The study ran from 2009
2:03.6	to 2015 and included 3,786 older men. They were randomly assigned to get vitamin E,
2:11.6	selenium, a placebo, or a combination of the two antioxidants. They were tested for cognitive impairment.
2:19.5	An equal proportion of men in each group developed dementia.
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