Is it any
wonder then why so many people turn to
expensive and often dangerous pharmaceutical
drugs as well as over the counter alternatives to alleviate and combat symptoms that have caused more than 104.7 million ambulatory care visits and 20 million surgical procedures.
We live in an age of medical
wonders — transplants, gene therapy, lifesaving
drugs and preventive strategies — but the healthcare system remains fantastically
expensive, inefficient, bewildering, and inequitable.