Thomas J. Moore has written probably the single most important book in the history of Heart Disease -- his book entitled: "Heart Attack." This page includes reference to his book (out of print on Amazon.com), but also the quote showing what he believed to be true about the death rate from heart disease going DOWN when, in fact, it was not. There is a fascinating story here -- mostly hidden, but available if you are willing to investigate.
When I started my research into heart disease it just happened to be about the time when Thomas J. Moore wrote his book, Heart Attack. It changed my life.
Much of my information got its start with the very thoroughly researched work of Mr. Moore.
Yet, here is an interesting quote from his book:
Page 6 of the book:
Coronary heart disease was also the subject foremost in the minds of eighty-three of the nation's leading medical authorities as they gathered for a summit meeting at the National Institutes of health in Bethesda, Maryland. The sponsor was a division of NIH called the national heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and its director at the time Robert I. Levy, was there to explain the problem that warranted this special scientific session. The year was 1978.
A striking, astounding change in deaths from coronary heart disease had occurred, Levy said. After decades of moving steadily upwards, the death rate from coronary heart disease had begun a rapid decline. In nine years the age-adjusted death rate had declined by 20 percent. That translated into 191,000 fewer deaths in a single year. In terms of human life, the magnitude of the gain was without precedent since the discovery of penicillin and other antibiotics. It was the equivalent of eliminating all the annual deaths from lung cancer, the most common malignancy.
This Book, Heart Attack, was so bold that it questioned much of the establishment dogma of the time -- and, coincidentally, launched me on my career of research and writing about heart disease. The Author, Thomas J. Moore, could not have been in the pay of the establishment, because his book so criticizes it! Yet, even he accepted the false claims of lower death rates.
It is also of interest that even though he repeats this claim, he doesn't then question it relative to just a few pages further when he describes the establishment's efforts to greatly increase the campaign to end heart disease with, as he DID point out, fraudulent advice and treatment.
Why would the establishment spend so much effort to promote useless procedures if the death rate was already declining? He did not ask that question.
When I ask myself that question, my only answer is that the very arrogance of the medical establishment allows them to claim that the death rate is declining, then announce a future cure for this (diminishing) problem, then, some years later, allow their fraudulent "cure" to be announced for the reduction which, first had already started (apparently), and second, was, in fact, not even true! This is an interesting revelation of how liars get caught within their own lies.
