Keep Your Cures Off My Cancer

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5. I can't recommend this post enough

My first career (degree) was in nursing; I spent the majority of that time as a Hospice nurse (late 1980s and early 1990s). Unfortunately, I saw first hand the dangers of "woo". Be it from folk spewing treatments and cures arising from ignorance or charlatans "out to make a buck, " the promotion of woo (quackery) preys on the desperation of people. It either keeps folk from seeking or participating in legitimate treatment or it prevents them from dealing with the very (real) serious issues at hand.

I am not against all alternative treatments/ therapies .... some have proven track records and have the ability to offer comfort. Optimal nutrition is a plus for any treatment plan.

I also want to point out that it is not just the unintelligent/ uninformed that "fall" for this. Desperate folk make poor decisions based upon their desperation.