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Medical interventions have become the third leading reason behind death in the us, killing more People in america each year than diabetes, murders, car accidents, and Helps put together.
An estimated ten percent of People in america are implanted with medical devices - like pacemakers, artificial hips, cardiac stents, etc.
The overwhelming majority of high-risk implanted devices have never undergone a single medical trial.
The FDA enables device manufacturers make a decision whether to report serious complications or fatalities that may have been brought on by their products.
The average salary and payment package for CEOs of the 18 publicly bought and sold medical device companies in the US was $1.3 million and $15.4 million respectively by 2015.

In The Hazard Within Us, award-winning journalist Jeanne Lenzer brings these horrifying statistics alive through the storyplot of one working-class man who, after his "cure" almost kills him, ends up in a struggle for justice contrary to the medical establishment. His crusade leads Lenzer on a trip through the dark underbelly of the medical device industry, a fascinating and troubling world that was not discussed before. What Lenzer exposes will distress listeners: rampant corruption, elaborate cover-ups, shameless profiteering, and astonishing lack of oversight, all of which leads to dangerous devices (from artificial hips to pacemakers) heading to market and into our bodies. In the vein of America's Bitter Tablet and A Civil Action, The Hazard Within Us is a meticulously researched and propulsive listen that will complete you with anger and indignation, a stirring call for reform, and a must-listen for anyone who cares about the continuing future of American healthcare.

Category: Biology