Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation
Trisha Thadani: Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics.
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Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments. Trisha Thadani's father was one of them and--dozens of interviews later--she wrote about him for @nytimes.com.[image or embed] -- Barry Yeoman (@barryyeoman.com) 10:13 AM · Oct 4, 2026
Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments. Trisha Thadani's father was one of them and--dozens of interviews later--she wrote about him for @nytimes.com.[image or embed]
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If the treatment is outside America and alternative don't do it.
#1 | Posted by Tor at 2026-10-05 02:38 PM | Reply
Seems to be a booming business in "alternative" dementia treatments as well.
#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-10-05 03:07 PM | Reply
Quack quack quack quack Quack quack quack quack
#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-05 03:51 PM | Reply
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