Steve Jobs died early due to his belief in "alternative" medicine

[DanaC]

I think there's a huge difference between someone choosing not to go through chemotherapy, and someone choosing to go entirely for 'alternative medicine'.

I think there's a place for alternative therapies as a compliment to treatment. If nothing else the placebo effect can be a powerful thing. I see no reason not to try and harness the power of the mind in the quest to get well. The problem is that in many cases 'alternative medicine' is in fact an 'alternative to' medicine.

What I find heartbreaking is the number of people who go straight for the alternative therapies, and then when that doesn't work (which obviously it wouldnt) it's too late for conventional treatments to work.