Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation

Monday, October 05, 2026

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.

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-- Barry Yeoman (@barryyeoman.com) 10:13 AM Â· Oct 4, 2026

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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

Most (all?) of the people pushing this kind of s*&^ have some ineffective garbage they want to sell you, like IVM and fenbendazole.

Many of them found notoriety and lying to be far more profitable during COVID than actual evidence-based public health information.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2026-10-05 05:46 PM | Reply

If the treatment is outside America and alternative don't do it.
#1 | POSTED BY TOR

Especially in Canada.

As I stated, Boomers will sink the country with Medicare spending, and the last dime of their children's inheritance on "health" care.

#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-05 06:39 PM | Reply

Especially in Canada.
As I stated, Boomers will sink the country with Medicare spending, and the last dime of their children's inheritance on "health" care.
#5 | Posted by oneironaut

Really? In Alberta I had a PSA of 7. Immediately was referred to urologist Took about 4 months to get the MRI and 2 weeks to get the biopsy after that. Looking at a 99% 5 year survival.

#6 | Posted by Scotty at 2026-10-05 07:42 PM | Reply

Onelumpofs*&^ just repeats what it's told.

It's supposedly a Chinese librul living in Canada but can't ever miss a chance to lie/distort/deflect for Trump.

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2026-10-05 08:02 PM | Reply

Andy-Kaufman-approved.

#8 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-10-05 08:35 PM | Reply

free speech!

-bellringer

#9 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-06 04:03 AM | Reply