Lorraine Day

About

Author, former physician, and controversial advocate for alternative cancer treatments. She also advocated pre-surgical HIV testing.

Before Fame

She became infamous in 1989 for AIDS: What the Government Isn't Telling You, a book that discusses her decision to prematurely end her surgical career as a result of the HIV risks associated with her profession.

Trivia

Her alternative-medicine theory was comprised of ten steps that she claimed were revealed to her by God when she was stricken with cancer.

Family Life

She was the mother of two sons and the wife of former California congressman William Dannemeyer.

Associated With

She and Kevin Trudeau both made careers out of revealing obscure medical information to the public.