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Veteran television actress Suzanne Somers released her new book entitled
“Knockout”, which is a look at alternative medicine used
for treating and curing Cancer. Somers is an active advocate of using
alternatives, which include dietary supplements because she herself
has rejected the traditional chemotherapy treatment and prescriptive
medicines most doctors prescribe for Cancer patients. Over the years,
she’s been met with controversy and the fear that people will
abandon all forms of medical treatment, which may or may not work
to their benefit in the way it has worked for her.
“I am very afraid that people are going to listen
to her message and follow what she says and be harmed by it,”
stated to the Associated Press by Dr. Otis Brawley, the American
Cancer Society chief medical officer. “We use current treatments
because they’ve been proven to prolong life. They’ve gone
through a logical, scientific method of evaluation. I don’t
know if Suzanne Somers even knows there IS a logical, scientific
method,” Brawley continued.
With the heightened dialogue over healthcare today
and the controversy behind dietary supplements, both forms of treatment
are being questioned by both consumers and industry professionals.
Specifically in healthcare, the idea that an industry thrives off
treatment and not cures leads people to start looking for alternatives
for living a healthy lifestyle. In essence, a Hollywood heart-throb
may be just a step towards looking at dietary supplements in a new
and positive way – just what the doctor ordered.
Source: Associated Press
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