We pay a high price for allowing these medical biases. A Journal of the American Medical Association study found that one in five new drugs will either get a “black box warning,” indicating a previously unknown serious adverse reaction that may result in death or serious injury, or will be withdrawn from the market within twenty-five years.32 Twenty percent of all new drugs have serious unknown side effects, and more than 100,000 Americans die every year from correctly taking their properly prescribed medication.33 This is one of the leading causes of death in America!
