On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]>wrote:
> ** > > As it happens, once breast cancer has metastasized into the bones it's > considered stage 4, incurable by conventional means, so she may not have > missed much by failing to have it properly diagnosed... > It used to be that way but now there are many effective therapies for advanced breast cancer. They add years of comfortable life to many lives and it is important to start them as soon as possible. I think that chiropractor should have been arrested for manslaughter or at least assault, after the woman died. Similarly chiropractors have vigorously manipulated necks they thought were sprained but were in reality fractured resulting in paralysis. Those cases make it to the malpractice courts from time to time. Conventional physicians make mistakes to but at least they don't rely mainly on totally bogus premises from a previous century to treat their patients. Your example is also classical of the dangers of using chiropractors to diagnose and treat disease. Most simply have no clue how to do that. It's difficult enough to do after going to medical school and residency.
