Because patients deserve better
Lyme disease has no demonstrable link to autism. But Anjum “Anju” Usman Singh, a doctor in Illinois who runs True Health Medical Center, has some bizarre beliefs about autism. She was on the physician advisory board of the now-defunct Lyme-Induced … Continued
Disciplined “for prescribing controlled substances for family members and in excessive quantities to some patients.”
Doctor charged with engaging in professional incompetency, practice harmful to the public, sexual misconduct and unprofessional conduct.
“Bee venom therapy”: another fad treatment in the chronic Lyme world.
There is no Lyme disease in Nebraska, although there are other tick-borne diseases.
References that might be useful
Minnesota doctors debunk “chronic Lyme”
The story of one patient who believed she had chronic Lyme disease.
Chronic Lyme treatments can kill
Stories worth reading
They changed their minds with science!
Children are particularly vulnerable to quack diagnoses and treatments.
Correcting misunderstandings about Lyme testing
Yes, there is a lot of false info online.
The original Rogues Gallery, updated January 2011
The California Medical Board details apparent horrific treatment of three patients, including a teenager. But the doctor received a slap on the wrist.
Because chronic Lyme is transmitted by word of mouth and the Internet.
“Most of the things I was taught by the chronic Lyme community and by online groups later turned out to be false.”
Dr. Eric Beeth—a Swedish general practitioner with a practice in Brussels, Belgium—is quite the conspiracy theorist. He was even a charter member of the now-defunct “Medical Professionals for 9/11 Truth.”
CFS, Fibromyalgia, & unexplained symptoms misdiagnosed as Lyme