Depends. We know Steve Jobs alternative approach to cancer was fatal however that is not necessarily true in all cases. Still, UNTIL an alternative approach has been proven people are gambling with their lives. Yet there are successes in alternative approaches to health problems. For instance, take the low carb diet that many people follow. It has been proven to virtually reverse type 2 diabetes in most people, so much so, that it is now accepted by the medical community.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago

That's a diet, not alternative medicine.

Alternative medicine is always not medicine (e.g. it does not work more than the placebo effect in any good way).

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We know Steve Jobs alternative approach to cancer was fatal

Pancreatic cancer is pretty fatal even without an alternative approach

the low carb diet that many people follow. It has been proven to virtually reverse type 2 diabetes in most people

I had great success with this diet…

…then it, along with a med change, put me in the ICU with DKA for three days

[–] the_strange@feddit.org 2 points 6 hours ago

Pancreatic cancer is pretty fatal even without an alternative approach

He had the one treatable form of pancreatic cancer though. Of course that's not a guarantee that treatment would have saved him but it would have greatly increased his odds of surviving.