• The angiogram commonly used for diagnosing heart problems is highly inaccurate and unreliable.
• There is no evidence that coronary bypass surgery or balloon angioplasties extend life, yet over 600,000 of these procedures are being done each year.
• Blood cholesterol levels are ineffective in determining heart attack risk, and much more accurate measurements exist but are seldom used.
• Cholesterol-lowering drugs do not extend life, but actually increase the overall death rate.
• The primary focus in the medical industry is to make a profit; therefore much of the advice and treatment we receive is not in our best interest.
• Obstructions in coronary arteries can open up with diet and lifestyle changes alone, but because of financial incentives, doctors prefer sending patients into surgery.

If your doctor recommends getting an angiogram, coronary bypass surgery, balloon angioplasty, or taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, your best course of action may be to run out the door. For most people these procedures/treatments are not effective and are completely unnecessary. The most popular medical procedures are the most profitable for the health care industry but are often the least effective. Hundreds of thousands of people each year are deceived in undergoing expensive medical treatments that will do no good and may even do a great deal of harm. Alternative procedures which are highly effective, low-risk, and inexpensive are often ignored or even ridiculed. Recommending expensive, high-risk procedures over the cheaper, more effective ones amounts to nothing more than fraud. If you had the choice of going through a risky $20,000 surgical procedure or simply taking a daily vitamin supplement which one would you choose? Most patients aren't given the choice.

These facts, and more, led Charles T. McGee to write this hard-hitting expose of the health care system. In it you will learn which procedures and treatments to avoid and which ones offer the most hope. If you are concerned about heart disease, you need to read this book.