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A man in his late 30s presented with a 4-year history of fatigue, abdominal pain, and loose stools. Previous evaluations demonstrated stable mesenteric lymphadenopathy. Although he lived in an area where Lyme disease is rare, reported no history of erythema migrans, and had negative Lyme serologic test results, he was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease by a physician and treated with antibiotics (Table). Subse-quently, the patient discontinued treatment and was reevaluated by a gastroenterologist and an oncologist. Findings from a gastric biopsy demonstrated stage IV mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma; successive Lyme serologic test results were negative. Findings from a mesenteric lymph node biopsy and positron emission tomographic scan demonstrated stage IV classic Hodgkin lymphoma, for which the patient underwent chemotherapy. He died 2 years later of complications of advanced lymphoma.
An iceberg meme titled "CHRONIC LYME ACTIVISM" with a list of negative claims written on the submerged portion of the iceberg. The text written on the underwater part of the iceberg includes: CULT-LIKE ATMOSPHERE, INCOMPETENT "LYME LITERATE" QUACKS, MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE, MULTIPLE FAKE DISEASES, REAL PROBLEMS LEFT UNTREATED, CRAZY DRUG COCKTAILS, ALL MANNER OF BOGUS TREATMENTS, TREATMENT SIDE EFFECTS, DRAINED FINANCES, CONSPIRACY THEORIES
15. In her interview with Board investigators, the Respondent Janelle Love] stated her practice focuses on bioidentical hormone therapy, gastrointestinal issues, toxins, and cognitive concerns. 16. The Respondent stated that the Patient was a longstanding patient and she treated her for a variety of medical conditions. 17. On August 8, 2025, the Respondent stated the Holy Spirit told her the Patient placed witchcraft on her and her phone, prompting her to cease care. 3 18. The Respondent acknowledged she did not notify the Patient of the termination or provide 30-days notice, and did not authorize prescription refills thereafter. 3 The Respondent admits that the Patient never discussed witchcraft, sorcery or religion with her.
Lyme Arthritis: Typical manifestation of late stage Lyme disease in North America • Average 6 months after infection • Pain and swelling in one or a few large joints, usually a knee • Usually no systemic symptoms • Symptoms diminish with time, with or without treatment • Long term antibiotics not helpful • 100% detectable with tests • Spread by black legged tick, attached typically > 36-48 hours • Transmission is very restricted, geographically/seasonally A graph illustrates decreasing percent of 21 untreated Lyme arthritis patients with recurrent attacks, over a period of 8 years from roughly 90% to 5% Adapted by LymeScience.org from papers by Dr. Allen Steere and colleagues (1987, 2015, 2016), knee image from CDC
Dr. Oz acknowledges that his work is controversial, and that he does "get heat" for it. And some of that heat is coming from the National Council Against Health Fraud. "Columbia set up an alternative medicine center funded by private people who support a fraudulent alternative," claims Dr. Victor Herbert.
McElhinney said Lauren’s family only became aware she had travelled after she was already in hospital, when a message was sent via social media from an unfamiliar account alerting them to her condition. “She was in Malaysia… and they can’t bring her out of the anesthetic,” McElhinney recalled. Lauren died following complications during treatment.
RFK Jr at a health policy roundtable, June 27, 2023: I'm also going to intervene directly with the journals. I'm going to call the journals into the Department of Justice and tell them that we believe that they're involved in racketeering with the pharmaceutical industry to systematically lie to the public through their retractions, through their financial entanglements, which encourage them to publish false information to promote the pharmaceutical products. But one thing I can directly do that I'm most excited about is I can terminate a lot of the grants to infectious disease and virologists, and I can redirect those grants and just order FDA to stop writing those kind of grants and to instead start writing grants to study chronic disease. I'm going to pressure the journals to publish great, you know, publish the results of these studies. We're going to start funneling studies to a different group of scientists, to people who actually want to see where the chronic disease is going to come from.
Excerpt from “Making Invisible Illnesses Visible: Recognizing and Responding to Infection Associated Chronic Conditions” [IACC], where Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos is listed as co-author: Five randomized clinical trials have failed to find benefit from prolonged antibiotic treatment (typically intravenous ceftriaxone, often in combination with oral doxycycline) in Lyme disease IACCI and four of the five found harms including frequent antibiotic-related adverse events, catheter and infusion complications, and occasional serious events requiring hospitalization including sepsis.7 [7 = NASEM committee report paid for by chronic Lyme pseudoscience advocates] Prolonged therapy with antibiotics also increases individual and population level risks for C. difficile infection and antimicrobial resistance, respectively. Given absence of benefit and substantial evidence of harm, there is a need to search for causes besides persistent infection which could lead to effective targeted therapies.
You may be in violation of Section 54.1-2915.A(4) of the Code in that you are incompetent to practice medicine, as evidenced by several evaluations submitted with your application stating that your fund of knowledge, physical/mental examination skills, and clinical judgment was not at a third-year resident level; concerns about your poor ethical and professional conduct because you were dishonest about the care given to your patients; and your misrepresentations about your competency and reasons why you were absent from work. Further, you failed to successfully complete the residency program at Georgetown University /Providence Hospital due to the concerns noted above.
d. Despite the prior tests in December 2008 and January 2009 as well as additional tests in August 2013, November 2013, and September 2016, all indicating that Patient A was negative for Lyme disease, bartonella, or babesia, Dr. Shor continued to prescribe or authorized subordinates in his practice to prescribe multiple antibiotics, antifungals, antimicrobials, and/or antimalarials for LBC concomitantly with benzodiazepines, psychotropics, sedative hypnotics, and/or opioids in continuous or prolonged courses and in various combinations from approximately 2009 through 2019, absent any adequate medical justification.
A false tweet from Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos of a JBizNews article with the headline Kennedy, First HHS Secretary to Fully Recognize Lyme Disease, Launches Historic National Initiative
The Committee sustained factual allegations that the Respondent [ILADS leader Joseph Burrascano] committed negligence in treating Patient D, by treating the Patient for ehrlichiosis, without clinical and laboratory evidence that the Patient suffered from the disease. The Committee also found the Respondent negligent for prescribing Bicillin for Patient F on a continuous basis after the Patient suffered a seizure while on the medication. The Committee determined that the Respondent practiced with negligence on more than one occasion in treating Patients D and F and that the Respondent subjected Patient D to unwarranted treatment.
Secretary Kennedy to Announce Major New HHS Actions on Lyme Disease in New Hampshire WASHINGTON—MAY 28, 2026—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will travel to New Hampshire on Friday as part of his “Take Back Your Health” tour, joining members of the state legislature and community advocates to commemorate Lyme Disease Awareness Month by announcing new HHS actions to combat the disease. WHAT: Press conference announcing new HHS actions on Lyme disease
An assessment of his medical history revealed that he was initially diagnosed with bartonellosis based on PCR testing positive for Bartonella henselae SA1 11 years prior when he developed fatigue, calf pain, and foot paresthesia. He completed an eight-month course of doxycycline and rifampin treatment but had multiple recurrences of symptoms which led to prolonged treatment. The regimen was changed to rifabutin, clarithromycin, and minocycline four years prior after his care was transitioned to a different physician.
Text from Marty Makary: Dr. President Trump, Please accept my resig-nation, effective today. During my tenure, I announced 50 major FDA reforms. Joe Biden's FDA had none. I'm extremely proud that we reduced drug review times from a year to 1-2 months, wrote new guidance to advance psychedelics, introduced a new "plausible mechanism" pathway for rare disease drugs, and changed estrogen labels to tell women the truth about menopausal hormone replacement. It's been the honor of a lifetime to serve as your FDA Commissioner. I am forever grateful. Respectfully, Marty Makary M.D., M.P.H.
Misinterpretation of the study's findings has become so widespread that some scientists have questioned whether it should have been posted at all, much less promoted via a Yale publicity release - not merely because it fed into the politicization of scientific research but because its findings were too premature to warrant publication. "The consequences of putting out out a press release on a preprint — especially this poor quality study — is wildly irresponsible & does serious harm to scientists & the public alike," virologist Angela Rasmussen of the University of Saskatchewan posted on Bluesky. The study's principal researcher, Yale's Akiko Iwasaki, has taken to social media to debunk the flurry of misrepresentations online. After the right-wing vaccine critic Paul Thacker posted a tweet stating that the authors had posited that "millions of long COVID patients may actually be vaccine injured," Iwasaki tweeted a crisp reply: "No. This is not what our study shows."
I had a self detected lump in my breast despite a thermography in september before telling me i had low risk of cancer. On january 11, in the morning i had a thermography and even pointed to the lump. The report came back that i had a low risk of any cancer. Luckily that afternoon i had a diagnostic mammogram, then a sonogram. A couple days later, i had a needle biopsy that proved invasive breast cancer. I urge fda to make thermography illegal. All my drs at (b)(6) center and (b)(6) clinic told me they wanted it off the market and we would save many breasts and also many women. The costs of late care is much higher as well. I have copies of both tests and would be willing to discuss. I am convinced that i would not have had to lose lymph nodes and radiation treatment if i had not been told that thermography was fda approved for breast cancer detection.
Date of Event 03/18/2024 Type of Reportable Event Death Event or Problem Description Thermal imaging / functional infrared device misuse - my wife's providers represented thermal imaging as an alternative that they could identity breast cancer with their thermal imaging use and did not advise that thermal imaging is only an adjunctive method. Website ((b)(6) is the owner - (b)(6)) states "welcome to (b)(6) leading healthcare imaging service. We specialize in an innovative, safe alternative to conventional body imaging and health screenings. Our personal and professional services provide diverse body imaging choices for men, women, and children; a full body scan, a partial body scan or breast imaging. Thermography is a reliable method to detect the signs of health conditions before they become a problem allowing you to make changes that will help your body heal."
But Saphier has also dabbled in alternative medicine; she created a line of herbal tinctures, DropRx, which offers “doctor-formulated herbal blends.” A now-removed page on the DropRx website last year read: “While always passionate about early diagnosis and disease prevention, Dr. Saphier’s journey towards nutraceuticals began after her own diagnosis of an autoimmune disease and skin cancer. Her experience led her to explore ways to enhance her health by adding natural remedies to her treatment regimens.”
Dr. Oz acknowledges that his work is controversial, and that he does "get heat" for it. And some of that heat is coming from the National Council Against Health Fraud. "Columbia set up an alternative medicine center funded by private people who support a fraudulent alternative," claims Dr. Victor Herbert. (110K AIFF sound or 110K WAV sound)
Case No. 2018-657 An initial complaint was filed with the Board alleging that Respondent was improperly treating advanced breast cancer in a patient with Ozone, herbs, and supplements, resulting in delayed standard care; the patient later presented to an oncologist with metastasis precluding a mastectomy, and could only receive palliative therapy.
Retraction Note: BMC Infectious Diseases (2024) 24:422 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09336-7 The Editor has retracted this article. Concerns were raised regarding the availability of the NGS dataset. The authors were asked to deposit the NGS dataset in a public repository but have not done so. Therefore, the Editor has lost confidence in the conclusions presented in this article. None of the authors have responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.
You may be in violation of Section 54.1-2915.A(4) of the Code in that you are incompetent to practice medicine, as evidenced by several evaluations submitted with your application stating that your fund of knowledge, physical/mental examination skills, and clinical judgment was not at a third-year resident level; concerns about your poor ethical and professional conduct because you were dishonest about the care given to your patients; and your misrepresentations about your competency and reasons why you were absent from work. Further, you failed to successfully complete the residency program at Georgetown University /Providence Hospital due to the concerns noted above.