OK, since Sal decided she'd step on my point and ignore my request for comments only from those who knew nothing more about the case than what Skolnick posted, I'll ask Steve whether he notices any discrepancies between Skolnick's account and the account Sal posted from Quackwatch.
And since Sal has carefully deleted Skolnick's post to make that more difficult, I'll just put it in again: > ----- > From: aaskoln...@... (AASkolnick) > Subject: Interesting Document Available > Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental > Date: 7 Jan 1995 21:37:01 -0500 > Message-ID: <3enj4d$b4j@... > > I just acquired a copy of the [Jane Doe's] death > certificate. [Doe] appeared with Drs. Chopra and > Lonsdorf on the Donahue Show, (the first show I think) > and was introduced as "a former breast cancer patient." > She claimed it was Maharishi Ayur-Veda treatments that > cured her. She died of breast cancer on Dec. 30, 1990. > I think the show was in 1989, but I could be mistaken. > > Does anyone know the date that Donahue Show was taped > or aired? Can anyone tell me any more about Ms. > [Doe]. She lived in Fairfield and is listed as > having worked as a meteologist/environmental researcher, > so I suspect she was involved with MIU. > > If anyone would like a copy of the death certificate, > please message me here with fax number, postal > address, and phone number. Please provide your name > also. I will not respond to requests from shadowy > lurkers and people with mythological names. -- Andrew > Skolnick > ----- Now here's the account from Quackwatch. Steve, do you see any differences between this and what Skolnick wrote? First remind yourself of your original conclusions, then read the Quackwatch account: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > > On Aug 7, 2011, at 9:03 AM, seventhray1 wrote: > > What I get from this was that we have a women who had breast > > cancer, was treated by Chopra at an Ayurvedic clinic, was > > declared to be cured and died shortly thereafter. Is this > > not the the case? > > > It appears to me that the case he trying to make is that her > > Ayurvedic treatments did not cure the cancer in spite of > > claims to the contrary as evidenced by her death. For if she > > had been cured of her cancer, she would not have died within > > a year of being cured by her cancer, presuming the cause of > > death was cancer. > > > These seem to be reasonable conclusions. What am I missing? > > Her name was Marian Thompson, and it was horrible. > A good friend of mine watched her go downhill in the > year or two after her so-called "cure." Here is what > Quackwatch had to say: > > "On a "Donahue" show, Chopra maintained that people who are > happy not only have fewer colds but are less likely to get > heart disease or cancer. During one segment, Chopra took > Phil Donahue's pulse and diagnosed him as "a romantic." The > program also featured a testimonial by Marian Thompson, a > patient whose metastatic breast cancer had gone into > remission with chemotherapy plus ayurvedic treatment. > Chopra asserted that his methods had played a major role in > the woman's apparent recovery by strengthening her immune > system. Ms. Thompson subsequently died of her disease." > > http://bit.ly/4pic2C > > There's undoubtedly more on this elsewhere on the Web.
