Lipton claims medical treatment is the world’s third leading cause of death

What was said

"Both of these research articles, medicine, the practice of medicine is the third leading cause of death on this planet. Currently, heart disease is number one, cancer is number two, and then the third one has a Latin name, iatrogenic illness."

Lipton says research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the British Medical Journal supports the claim that “the practice of medicine” is the third leading cause of death, referring to iatrogenic illness (harm resulting from medical treatment). He presents this as a systemic critique of modern healthcare rather than isolated malpractice.