just trust the science is the mantra we're expected to follow so we'll forget the realities. one way reality arrives is with a second opinion;

• Medical history is filled with harmful, mainstream practices such as mercury treatments, bloodletting, lobotomies and the prescription of heroin, which were once endorsed by trusted institutions but later exposed as dangerous.
• These dangerous practices often persisted long after their risks were known, driven by financial incentives, institutional inertia and a blind faith in medical authority rather than evidence.
• The same pattern of profit and power overriding ethics continues today, with modern parallels seen in the over prescription of opioids, antidepressants linked to suicide and pharmaceutical companies hiding drug risks.
• The fallibility of medicine means today’s standard treatments could become tomorrow’s scandals, leading to growing public distrust in regulatory agencies and the healthcare system.
• Addressing the problem requires a shift toward skepticism and patient autonomy, emphasizing the need for transparency, a rejection of coercion and a preference for holistic therapies that support the body’s innate healing over corporate interests.

For centuries, the medical profession has championed treatments that – far from healing – inflicted suffering, disability and death. From mercury inhalation to lobotomies, history is littered with dangerous interventions once hailed as breakthroughs – only to be exposed as lethal frauds........more..........