Steve Jobs tried to treat his pancreatic cancer with alternative medicine — and it may have sent him to an early grave. For several months after his diagnosis, the Apple co-founder tried to cure his disease with a vegan diet, acupuncture, herbs, bowel cleansings, and other remedies that he found online. At one point, he even sought help from a psychic.

Though his doctors had pleaded with him to undergo surgery, it took him nearly a year before he finally agreed. By that point, his cancer had already spread to the tissues surrounding his pancreas. Jobs later regretted his decision to delay treatment, saying, "I really didn't want them to open up my body, so I tried to see if a few other things would work." But all he could do was continue treating his disease as it progressed. And when he died 10 years ago today, he was just 56 years old.