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Complementary or alternative medicine works outside the evidence-based realm of science. This area includes alt-med stories that don't fit into any of our other categories. Read more about alternative medicine<\/p>\n
Here are 276 people who were harmed by someone not thinking critically.<\/p>\n
Oxford, England<\/p>\n
Died (untreated breast cancer)1998<\/p>\n
Bungoma, Kenya<\/p>\n
Genitals mutilatedMarch 2005<\/p>\n
Age: 55Fort Bragg, California<\/p>\n
Died (cancer)July 15, 1997<\/p>\n
Age: 57Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada<\/p>\n
Died (poisoning)December 26, 2006<\/p>\n
Age: 58Tulsa, Oklahoma<\/p>\n
Died (undiagnosed leukemia)October 2005<\/p>\n
Age: 5 monthsLos Angeles, California<\/p>\n
Died (untreated cancer)<\/p>\n
Age: 64New York City, New York<\/p>\n
Blinded1997<\/p>\n
Age: 32Arizona<\/p>\n
DiedMarch 1993<\/p>\n
Age: 41Paris, France<\/p>\n
DiedMarch 31, 2001<\/p>\n
Age: 54Pelham, New Hampshire<\/p>\n
Died (untreated cancer)2000<\/p>\n
Age: 39Sacramento, California<\/p>\n
Died (cancer)March 20, 1999<\/p>\n
Age: 13Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada<\/p>\n
Died (cancer)June 30, 1999<\/p>\n
Age: 9Siegen, Germany<\/p>\n
Died (untreated cancer)November 2004<\/p>\n
Age: 19Wheat Ridge, Colorado<\/p>\n
DiedDecember 19, 2003<\/p>\n
Age: 49Sandy, Utah<\/p>\n
Died<\/p>\n
Age: 46Macon, Georgia<\/p>\n
Died (cancer)November 7, 1999<\/p>\n
Age: 3Scituate, Massachusetts<\/p>\n
Died (cyanide poisoning)October 12, 1979<\/p>\n
Post Falls, Idaho<\/p>\n
Died (untreated cancer)January 2005<\/p>\n
Age: 54Hamilton, Michigan<\/p>\n
DiedFebruary 6, 1996<\/p>\n
Age: 43Poole, Dorset, England<\/p>\n
Died (untreated cancer)June 2002<\/p>\n
St. Louis, Missouri<\/p>\n
DiedJanuary 24, 2007<\/p>\n
Age: 76Windsor, Wisconsin<\/p>\n
DiedMay 9, 2005<\/p>\n
Michigan<\/p>\n
Father died of untreated cancerMarch 1996<\/p>\n
Age: 9New York<\/p>\n
Died (untreated Hodgkin's disease)1980<\/p>\n
Age: 17Calgary, Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n
Died (leukemia)September 5, 2002<\/p>\n
Calgary, Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n
Family destroyed, daughter diedSeptember 5, 2002<\/p>\n
Husband poisonedApril 12, 2002<\/p>\n
Age: 40<\/p>\n
Died (untreated breast cancer)December 11, 2005<\/p>\n
Age: 52Southsea, Hampshire, England<\/p>\n
Died (untreated wound)April 17, 2007<\/p>\n
Age: 15Bungoma, Kenya<\/p>\n
Genitals mutilatedMarch 2005<\/p>\n
Age: 12Hull, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n
Died (untreated diabetes)March 28, 1994<\/p>\n
Age: 36Nine Miles, Jamaica<\/p>\n
Died (untreated cancer)May 11, 1981<\/p>\n
Age: 11North Canton, Ohio<\/p>\n
Died (cancer)May 17, 2007<\/p>\n
Age: 59Seattle, Washington<\/p>\n
Died, $17,000 wasted on quack deviceSeptember 3, 2005<\/p>\n
Age: 50Jurez, Mexico<\/p>\n
Died (lung cancer)November 7, 1980<\/p>\n
Age: 45Boxmeer, Netherlands<\/p>\n
Died (untreated cancer)August 19, 2001<\/p>\n
Cape Town, South Africa<\/p>\n
DiedOctober 2005<\/p>\n
Orlando, Florida<\/p>\n
Sold useless treatments for her cancer, died2007<\/p>\n
Du Noon, Cape Town, South Africa<\/p>\n
DiedOctober 30, 2005<\/p>\n
Age: 33Kansas City, Kansas<\/p>\n
DiedJanuary 2004<\/p>\n
Age: 57Arundel, Queensland, Australia <\/p>\n
Untreated tumors, shortened life spanFebruary 2002 - June 2004<\/p>\n
Ridgefield, Connecticut<\/p>\n
Died (liver failure)December 17, 1987<\/p>\n
Janesville, Wisconsin<\/p>\n
Died (untreated cancer)April 2000<\/p>\n
Age: 5North London, England<\/p>\n
Bowel perforated in 12 places1998<\/p>\n
Age: 2 months<\/p>\n
Died1978<\/p>\n
Age: 40New York City, New York<\/p>\n
Died1995<\/p>\n
Age: 36Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada<\/p>\n
Died (cancer)March 2, 2000<\/p>\n
Age: 52Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia<\/p>\n
Died (untreated cancer)March 8, 2003<\/p>\n
Age: 68Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n
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