Ananda Lewis, Former MTV VJ, SHOCKING Breast Cancer Decision. #464 Part 1

Docs Outside The Box

Dr. Nii Darko

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4.9 • 516 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! We start off by discussing medical myths/traditions we should retire. We then talk about MTV personality Ananda Lewis, who died at age 52 from breast cancer after rejecting medical treatment in favor of detoxification. We dive deep into why patients have lost trust in healthcare providers and how the medical credibility gap has widened dramatically in recent years. We conclude with Nii showing us his...

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0:00.0	Rest in peace, Ananda Lewis.
0:03.2	Yeah.
0:04.3	Yeah.
0:04.9	Ananda Lewis used to be a personality on MTV.
0:09.3	Died at the age of 52 of breast cancer.
0:12.4	Yeah, the opportunity to do a mastectomy,
0:14.6	and she decided to want to detoxify her body as a way to get rid of the tumor.
0:20.4	Doctors are not necessarily seen as credible for a number of different reasons.
0:25.4	There are self-inflicted things that the medical community has done to themselves.
0:28.9	But also, this is the time.
0:30.6	Social media allows everybody to have a voice.
0:32.7	So things that normally would not ever get the light of day. Yeah. Conspiracy theories.
0:37.7	Right.
0:38.4	Seen theories.
0:39.1	They just... Disinformation, yeah. Rules the day. Like crazy. Yo, yo, yo, what's good, everybody? Back again with another episode of Docs on the Box. I'm your host, Dr. Neh. I'm joined by my co-host. Dr. Renee.
0:58.0	Yeah, let's get into this, yo, because I'm tired.
0:58.9	I'm post-call.
1:01.1	Not actually post-call, but I'm post-shift.
1:03.3	And I did four miles.
1:06.2	And I'm giving with... That's why you were MIA.
1:08.3	I said, oh, this guy forgot.
1:09.4	He had a family.
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