Suzanne Somers Continues to Share Her Medical...

Suzanne Somers Continues to Share Her Medical Knowledge

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Posted 2 months ago by wdweditorial
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Last month Suzanne Somers was flapping her over-inflated lips — and speaking of huge lips, nice jeans Suzanne! — about Patrick Swayze and how chemotherapy basically killed him.  It’s no surprise that she has a book out this month (her 19th), “Knockout”, which is about seeking alternative methods to treating cancer. It’s great that Suzanne Somers wants to explore non-traditional approaches to deal with her own health.  But she also claims that chemotherapy isn’t effective in treating lung and breast cancer.  Somers survived breast cancer after a lumpectomy and radiation. The American Cancer Society is concerned. “I am very afraid that people are going to listen to her message and follow what she says and be harmed by it,” says Dr. Otis Brawley, the organization’s 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.” More broadly, Brawley is concerned that in the United States, celebrities or sports stars feel they can use their fame to dispense medical advice. “There’s a tendency to oversimplify medical messages,” he says. “Well, oversimplification can kill.” Suzanne Somers needs to shut her mouth.  She’s certainly entitled to an opinion, but she’s a celebrity and there are some whackos out there who will make medical decisions based on what Suzanne Somers has to say.  Frightening, but true.  Saying that chemo isn’t effective in the battle against cancer is wholly irresponsible.  People’s lives have been saved by that poison. And regarding the whole Swayze snafu, Somers issued your basic, insincere apology to his family:  ”I shouldn’t have said anything.  I apologized to his family.  We all know that chemotherapy does nothing for pancreatic cancer.”
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