Just read an article that said Steve Jobs faith/belief in alternative medicine probably cost him his life...or at the very least caused him to die early.
Here is the article:
Could Steve Jobs have lived longer?
October 14, 2011 1:51 AM
By BILL HUTCHINSON, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tech titan Steve Jobs' trust in alternative medicine immediately after his pancreatic cancer diagnosis likely shortened his life, a Harvard Medical School researcher contends.
Researcher Ramzi Amri says the Apple cofounder's death last week at age 56 was "unnecessarily early."
In a lengthy post on the popular question-and-answer web site, Quora, Amri argues that Jobs reduced his chances of survival by resisting his doctors' recommendation of immediate surgery after his October 2003 diagnosis.
Jobs, a practicing Buddhist, instead pursued special alternative medicines and diets for nine months before eventually undergoing the operation to remove his tumor, according to published reports.
"Let me cut to the chase: Mr. Jobs allegedly chose to undergo all sorts of alternative treatment options before opting for conventional medicine," Amri wrote.
"This was, of course, a freedom he had all the rights to take, but given the circumstances it seems sound to assume that Mr. Jobs' choice for alternative medicine could have led to an unnecessarily early death."
Amri emphasized that his "personal" opinion, which was first reported by Gawker, is based on 1-1/2 years of research on the type of tumor that afflicted Jobs.
"I do not pretend to know anything about the case on a personal level and I never participated in the care of Mr. Jobs," Amri wrote. "I base all my cancer figures on my own research or sources from biomedical research known to me."
Jobs was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor, a rare type of pancreatic cancer that spreads far more slowly than the traditional, aggressive kind that doomed actor Patrick Swayze.
During a 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University, Jobs revealed his doctors told him his type of cancer was incurable and gave him 3 to 6 months to live.
But Amri described Jobs' form of cancer as "mild" and could have been remedied if he had immediately opted for surgery.
By the time Jobs underwent surgery in July 2004 at Stanford University Medical Center it was too late, Amri contends.
He cites Job's April 2009 liver transplant to bolster his argument.
"The only reason he'd have a transplant would be that the tumor invaded all major parts of the liver, which takes a considerable amount of time," Amri wrote.
Requiescat in pace.
