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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – People who choose to get alternative treatments for cancer tend to have everything else going for them – being happier, younger, wealthier, and more educated.
Yet those who try to treat curable cancers with alternative medicines – including crystals and homeopathy – are 5.68 times more likely to die than people who get traditional treatments.
The alternative medicine business is booming in the US, where it is worth $34 billion, even though only a third of its ‘treatments’ have been tested.
But more highly-educated people may be sabotaging themselves by believing that they are smart enough to spot a real success story over snake oil instead of trusting doctors.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5528279/Richer-younger-smarter-cancer-patients-choose-alternative-medicine.html#ixzz5AsgoqyZe
