UK Coroner Rules Health Blogger's Influence Led to Daughter's Cancer Death After Refusing Chemotherapy

Oct 03, 2025 02:31 am CST

A UK coroner has ruled that health blogger Kate Shemirani's promotion of alternative medicine "adversely influenced" her 23-year-old daughter Paloma to refuse chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, contributing to her death despite an 80% survival chance with conventional treatment. The case highlights the dangerous impact of medical misinformation as Paloma opted for unproven Gerson therapy instead of evidence-based cancer treatment.