William Donald Kelley, Date of Birth, Date of Death

William Donald Kelley

American dentist

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1925

Date of Death: 30-Jan-2005

Profession: dentist, alternative therapist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Donald Kelley (November 1, 1925 – January 30, 2005) was an orthodontist who developed "non-specific metabolic therapy," an alternative cancer treatment, now known to be ineffective, which he based on the unsubstantiated belief that "wrong foods [cause] malignancy to grow, while proper foods [allow] natural body defenses to work."Kelley received no training in oncology; according to Quackwatch, his ideas are "largely speculative and invalid." His therapy is not only ineffective, Quackwatch notes, but also causes people with cancer who take it to die more quickly and have a worse quality of life than those who receive standard treatment, and they can suffer side effects that are serious at the very least and can even actively cause their deaths.