Re: [H] Did Homeopathy Kill Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple?

Interesting--and wow, you have done your research!

Vendetta seems like a very plausible possibility--but would he
deliberately lie to achieve it? (Well, I guess people do that...)
Another possibility is that he's among the fundamentally clueless, to
whom everything non-mainstream is part of "homeopathy," even the
"diet, spiritualists and macrobiotics — "roots and vegetables". I
guess that would be the more charitable conclusion. How sad!

On Dec 16, 2011, at 5:32 AM, healthyinfo6@aol.com wrote:

>
> Edzard Ernst, considered the "first professor of complementary
> medicine", is claiming,
>
> Steve Jobs was likely a victim of homeopathy, expert tells
> Australian conference
> http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/steve_jobs_was_likely_victim_conference_UsflbUtE2MZpFr9py0rJXP#ixzz1ggVZEewU
> My first thought was this is odd since the full details of Jobs
> alternative medical treatment haven't been disclosed.
>
> It has been reported that Jobs delayed possible life saving surgery
> for nine months to pursue alternative treatments and there has been
> much discussion whether the delay would have made any difference in
> outcome. Some reports say his cancer, a neuroendocrine tumor, that
> affects the cells that make hormones like insulin. was found very
> early due to an unrelated CAT scan and would have been curable if he
> didn't wait to operate. Other reports say that cancer already has
> spread. Jobs didn't want to be "opened up". Jobs spent $100,000 to
> have his DNA sequenced to seek specific treatments that might have
> been genetically beneficial for his type of pancreatic cancer and
> subsequent liver metastases. Jobs had access to the best
> alternative medical advice. It is also has been discussed whether
> his celebrity status got him an early liver transplant bypassing
> normal wait times. It would be highly unlikely that Jobs solely, if
> actually, used homeopathy and if so, from a classical homeopath.
>
> No other mainstream, alternative, complementary source specifically
> implicated homeopathy with Jobs' death.
>
> Andrew Weil doesn't mention homeopathy http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/27/opinion/weil-steve-jobs/index.html
>
> David Gorski, surgical oncologist, researched Jobs' treatment
> doesn't mention homeopathy and he checked through the post-death
> release of Jobs' biography. Jobs had a famous personal biographer,
> Walter Isaacson, follow him to ensure his life story was properly
> and honestly told.
>
> http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/one-more-thing/
>
> No mention of homeopathy by Walter Isaacson on a 60 Minutes TV
> interview recently http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7385688n
>
> Another, no mention of homeopathy http://gawker.com/5851835/steve-jobs-regretted-wasting-time-on-alternative-medicine
>
> Scientific American, no mention of homeopathy http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=alternative-medicine-extend-abbreviate-steve-jobs-life
>
> NY Times, again no mention of homeopathy http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/health/hindsight-is-kind-to-steve-jobss-decision-to-delay-surgery.html?_r=1
>
> Again, no mention of homeopathy but other treatments Jobs used. http://www.ajc.com/opinion/smart-people-dumb-choices-1249315.html
>
> Instead, according to Isaacson, Jobs opted for a combination of
> diet, spiritualists and macrobiotics — "roots and vegetables" — and
> waited nine months to begin treatment in earnest. By then, Isaacson
> said, the cancer had spread from Jobs' pancreas to the surrounding
> tissue. Jobs explained, "I didn't want my body to be opened. ... I
> didn't want to be violated in that way." Isaacson concludes with the
> question: "How could such a smart man do such a stupid thing?"
>
>
> Not familiar with Edzard Ernst, my Googling shows he founded the
> Complementary Medicine Dep't of at University of Exeter England and
> after being accused of breaching a confidence by negatively
> commenting on a British CAM report before it was officially
> released, commissioned by Prince Charles, was then found innocent,
> he feels he was treated as persona non grata, funding for his dep't
> ceased and he took early retirement in 2011. The Lancet editor wrote,
>
> "Professor Ernst seems to have broken every professional code of
> scientific behaviour by disclosing correspondence referring to a
> document that is in the process of being reviewed and revised prior
> to publication. This breach of confidence is to be deplored."
>
> Ernst wrote "Should We Maintain an Open Mind about Homeopathy?"
> highly critical of it.
>
> Is it possible Edzard Ernst has a vendetta against homeopathy?
>
> Jobs is considered a god-like visionary figure behind Apple and
> having homeopathy associated with his death, if not actualy true,
> should not be allowed to go unchallenged.
>
> The sound bite-like publicity alone is damaging to homeopathy as the
> public reads these headlines propagated through many news services.
>
> Even if this were true, one would have to look at who gave him
> homeopathic remedies, what their background is, whether
> professionally trained/certified, lay or claiming to be a homeopath
> or using homeopathy as part of other alternative treatments.
>
> Susan
>
>
>
>
> Steve Jobs was likely a victim of homeopathy, expert tells
> Australian conference
> http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/steve_jobs_was_likely_victim_conference_UsflbUtE2MZpFr9py0rJXP#ixzz1ggVZEewU
> My first thought was this is odd since the full details of Jobs
> alternative medical treatment haven't been disclosed.
>
> It has been reported that Jobs delayed possible life saving surgery
> for nine months to pursue alternative treatments and there has been
> much discussion whether the delay would have made any difference in
> outcome. Some reports say his cancer, a neuroendocrine tumor, that
> affects the cells that make hormones like insulin. was found very
> early due to an unrelated CAT scan and would have been curable if he
> didn't wait to operate. Other reports say that cancer already has
> spread. Jobs didn't want to be "opened up". Jobs spent $100,000 to
> have his DNA sequenced to seek specific treatments that might have
> been genetically beneficial for his type of pancreatic cancer and
> subsequent liver metastases. Jobs had access to the best
> alternative medical advice. It is also has been discussed whether
> his celebrity status got him an early liver transplant bypassing
> normal wait times. It would be highly unlikely that Jobs solely, if
> actually, used homeopathy and if so, from a classical homeopath.
>
> No other mainstream, alternative, complementary source specifically
> implicated homeopathy with Jobs' death.
>
> Andrew Weil doesn't mention homeopathy http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/27/opinion/weil-steve-jobs/index.html
>
> David Gorski, surgical oncologist, researched Jobs' treatment
> doesn't mention homeopathy and he checked through the post-death
> release of Jobs' biography. Jobs had a famous personal biographer,
> Walter Isaacson, follow him to ensure his life story was properly
> and honestly told.
>
> http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/one-more-thing/
>
> No mention of homeopathy by Walter Isaacson on a 60 Minutes TV
> interview recently http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7385688n
>
> Another, no mention of homeopathy http://gawker.com/5851835/steve-jobs-regretted-wasting-time-on-alternative-medicine
>
> Scientific American, no mention of homeopathy http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=alternative-medicine-extend-abbreviate-steve-jobs-life
>
> NY Times, again no mention of homeopathy http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/health/hindsight-is-kind-to-steve-jobss-decision-to-delay-surgery.html?_r=1
>
> Again, no mention of homeopathy but other treatments Jobs used. http://www.ajc.com/opinion/smart-people-dumb-choices-1249315.html
>
> Instead, according to Isaacson, Jobs opted for a combination of
> diet, spiritualists and macrobiotics — "roots and vegetables" — and
> waited nine months to begin treatment in earnest. By then, Isaacson
> said, the cancer had spread from Jobs' pancreas to the surrounding
> tissue. Jobs explained, "I didn't want my body to be opened. ... I
> didn't want to be violated in that way." Isaacson concludes with the
> question: "How could such a smart man do such a stupid thing?"
>
>
> Not familiar with Edzard Ernst, my Googling shows he founded the
> Complementary Medicine Dep't of at University of Exeter England and
> after being accused of breaching a confidence by negatively
> commenting on a British CAM report before it was officially
> released, commissioned by Prince Charles, was then found innocent,
> he feels he was treated as persona non grata, funding for his dep't
> ceased and he took early retirement in 2011. The Lancet editor wrote,
>
> "Professor Ernst seems to have broken every professional code of
> scientific behaviour by disclosing correspondence referring to a
> document that is in the process of being reviewed and revised prior
> to publication. This breach of confidence is to be deplored."
>
> Ernst wrote "Should We Maintain an Open Mind about Homeopathy?"
> highly critical of it.
>
> Is it possible Edzard Ernst has a vendetta against homeopathy?
>
> Jobs is considered a god-like visionary figure behind Apple and
> having homeopathy associated with his death, if not actualy true,
> should not be allowed to go unchallenged.
>
> The sound bite-like publicity alone is damaging to homeopathy as the
> public reads these headlines propagated through many news services.
>
> Even if this were true, one would have to look at who gave him
> homeopathic remedies, what their background is, whether
> professionally trained/certified, lay or claiming to be a homeopath
> or using homeopathy as part of other alternative treatments.
>
> Susan
>
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