“酸鹼體質理論”竟是徹頭徹尾的謊言

A California author who preaches alternative medicine has been ordered to pay $105 million to a mother-of-four who said he falsely promised to cure her breast cancer.

由於向一位4個孩子的母親虛假允諾治癒其乳腺癌，加州一位鼓吹替代療法的作者近日被判賠償1.05億美元（約合7.27億元人民幣）。

San diego jurors ordered Robert O Young Wednesday to pay medical expenses and damages to terminally-ill Dawn Kali, 45, after she was convinced by Young to forgo chemotherapy and spend thousands for his treatments.

週三，聖迭戈的陪審團判決羅伯特-歐-楊向癌症晚期病人、45歲的道恩-凱莉支付醫療費和賠償金。此前羅伯特-歐-楊說服她放棄化療，花費數千美元使用他的療法。

She later sued for fraud and negligence when the cancer ultimately spread, giving her just four years to live.

之後凱莉體內的癌細胞最終擴散，醫生說她只剩4年生命。她起訴羅伯特-歐-楊詐騙和過失罪。

This comes over a year after Young was convicted of practicing medicine without a license and sentenced to nearly four years in prison. He ultimately served just a few months.

在一年多前，羅伯特-歐-楊被判無證行醫罪，並被判處近4年監禁。但他最終只服刑幾個月。

Young wrote The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health and several other best-selling books promoting an alternative theory of fighting illness.

羅伯特-歐-楊曾著有《PH奇蹟：平衡飲食，恢復健康》等數本暢銷書，推廣其抵禦疾病的替代療法。

His treatments are based on the theory that acidity causes disease and preaches an alkaline diet as a cure all.

他的療法基於酸性體質會導致疾病這樣一種理論，並鼓吹鹼性飲食包治百病。

Kali said Young had advised her to delay regular chemotherapy treatment and instead spend thousands on massages, colon cleansing and baking soda infusions at Young's Valley Center retreat.

凱莉說，羅伯特-歐-楊建議她延緩常規化療，而是讓她在其山谷治療中心花費了數千美元進行按摩、灌腸和小蘇打輸液治療。

She finally sought medical help in 2013 after the cancer spread to her bones and developed into stage four. The mother-of-four has been given four years to live。

在癌細胞骨轉移、發展到四期後，她最終在2013年去醫院就診。醫生說她只剩4年生命。

'The jury listened carefully and understood the gravity of the evidence, and rendered a verdict that was commensurate with the damage Ms. Kali suffered, and will suffer,' Kali's lawyer Patrick Swan said.

凱莉的律師帕特里克-斯旺說：“陪審團認真聽取了法庭辯論，瞭解到了證據的嚴重性，最終宣佈的裁決與凱莉女士已經受到，以及將要承受的損失相當。”

He also told the San Diego Tribune that he hopes the verdict 'will have an effect on the miracle, cure-all cancer industry.'

他還告訴《聖迭戈論壇報》說，希望這一裁決“能影響到這一神奇且宣稱包治百病的抗癌產業。”

The $105 million award includes $90 million for pain and suffering and $15 million for punitive damages.

1.05億美元的賠償金中包括9000萬美元身體疼痛和精神損失，以及1500萬美元的懲罰金。

But on Friday, Young called the ruling 'totally outrageous'.

不過，週五的時候，羅伯特-歐-楊表示這一判罰“讓人憤怒”。

His attorney Conrad Joyner said he plans to appeal the ruling.

他的律師康拉德-喬伊娜稱其代理人計劃上訴。

'No matter if you believe in The pH Miracle or disbelieve it, it's clear that Robert believes it,' Joyner said. 'He sincerely believes what he is doing.'

喬伊娜說：“不論你是否相信酸鹼值理論，顯然羅伯特是相信的。他完全確信他正在做些什麼。”

His theories and treatments of intravenous fluids mixed with baking soda went for as much as $500 each.

按照他的理論和療法，他在給病人靜脈輸液時混入小蘇打，每支要價500美元。

The judge called Young a 'fraud' Friday while Deputy District Attorney Gina Darvas said he took advantage of desperate and dying people with his pseudoscience.

週五，法官稱羅伯特-歐-楊是個“詐騙犯”，地方副檢察官吉娜-達爾瓦斯說他宣傳僞科學，利用了身患重病的人們極度渴望求生的心理。

She argued that his degrees came from a non-accredited 'diploma mill' Young received a doctorate in eight months in 1995.

她表示，羅伯特-歐-楊的文憑來自一所不被認可的“野雞大學”。他在1995年僅用了8個月時間就拿到了博士學位。

Treatments are no longer provided at Young’s property and he was ordered to publicly announce that he is not a medical or naturopathic doctor nor a trained scientist.

羅伯特-歐-楊的診療室不再提供治療，法院還要求他公開宣佈自己不是一個醫生或自然療法醫師，也不是受過培訓的科學家。