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*ALL* chiropractors are quacks. Period.
Grandpa dies of cancer after seeking treatment from quack chiropractor
A 59-year-old grandfather died of cancer after seeking treatment from a chiropractor who promised his eye tumor would just fall off on its own.
Ian Booth first noticed the tumor as a small lump near his right eye less than 12 months before he died, and oncologists recommended surgery to remove it, reported A Current Affair.
But relatives say Booth, of Queensland, Australia, was afraid of hospitals and did not want to lose the eye, so he instead sought out alternative treatments.
That led him to George Zaphir, a chiropractor who boasts of an 85 percent success rate in treating cancer patients as a doctor of integrative medicine.
Booths niece, Belinda McIntyre, said the chiropractor assured her uncle that his cancer could be treated.
He was told, Youve come to the right place, and if you follow our treatment this is what will happen, the tumor will grow out and fall off,' McIntyre said.
Booth told his family he believed Zaphir was a general practitioner but an investigative report found he had never held a doctorate in medicine and was deregistered as a chiropractor several years ago.
One of Booths relatives wore a hidden camera for the TV program and sought treatment for legitimate back trouble from Zaphir who assured the relative that he was both a chiropractor and a doctor of integrative medicine.
Relatives have asked authorities to investigate Zaphir and other practitioners who prescribed medicine to Booth whose tumor did not fall off but eventually killed him.
Booth admitted to family members that he had spent about $4,000 on alternative treatments before his death.
He wrote Zaphir shortly before his death and asked for a full refund to pay for palliative care, but relatives said the chiropractor never replied.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/grandpa-dies-of-cancer-after-seeking-treatment-from-quack-chiropractor/
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)and you seem worried one foolish man
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,806 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)to each their own
enjoy
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)how do you know the poster isn't concerned about climate change too? After all, you took the time to post a comment.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)wow - and you think what you have said is true
be well
Bern Bernie Bern
Archae
(46,340 posts)Sales.
And now that includes chiropractic for BABIES.
Chiropractic got it's start from a crackpot.
I have relatives who swear by their particular chiropractor.
I only swear at them.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)fools that hang on and cause destruction - they worry me
and those that tilt with windmills - well - ...
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)I agree that it's the biggest threat to our existence, but we still drive to work. Though we don't try to correct the future, we still eat. The story about going to a chiropractor to cure cancer was interesting to me. I don't flaggelate myself because I'm not religious. So I might appreciate a story before extinction. So what?
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)ok - what ever
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)sorry if i missed your point
be well
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)What gives?
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)did you escape
Sam_Fields
(305 posts)I'm still alive and cancer free. I wish you could lead some people to water and make them drink it, but people have strange beliefs. Steve Jobs may have still been here today if he had fought his cancer immediately instead of using alternative medicine.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)IMO all woo-woo is a form of fraud.
greiner3
(5,214 posts)Practitioners may be a sort of masseuses it is not based upon any scientific fact
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)It's like aah.
Chiropractors should stick to the spine and the body's alignment. Doctors of Osteopathy on the other hand can both be a Medical Doctor and a Ciropractor. My Primary Care Physician, at a Medical Health Clinic, is a DO.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)I'll end up being carried out of it.
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)got to check each one out before you decide to become their patient.
Buyer beware in the world of Healthcare whether Conventional medicine or Wholistic medicine.