More victims of Lyme quackery- updated December 8, 2023
Stories worth reading.
FDA cites IgeneX for problematic testing
The loophole employed by predatory Lyme labs and Theranos
Geeta Shroff/Nutech MediWorld: Exploiting hope with discredited stem cell treatments
So much time and money wasted
Anti-vax doctor Paul Thomas surrenders license after gross negligence, mistreating children
Another dangerous integrative/functional medicine quack
UK watchdog condemns ILADS propaganda
Beware of fake experts trying to legitimize themselves
UK warns about inappropriate Lyme disease testing
Many ways to get a false positive diagnosis
Lyme literate child abuser disciplined twice
Charles Ray Jones, MD is a long time quack who is notorious for abusing children with dangerous long-term antibiotics regimens. He was twice disciplined for misconduct by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board. The medical board documents are included below. Medical … Continued
ILADS doctor disciplined after “Lyme” patient dies of Cancer
Found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct
David C. Wright: Disciplined after mistreated patient gets C. diff
An appalling story
“Lyme Literate” Martin D. Fried: Felony Drug Conviction
Many strange beliefs.
Kurt E. Johnson: Disciplined after allegations of gross negligence
7 patients allegedly mistreated
“Lyme literate” Leader Ronald Wilson: Unprofessional Conduct, Other Violations
President of the pseudocience group, ILADS-affiliated ILADEF
Journalists Expose German “Lyme” Clinics
In 2016, Danish journalists from TV2 aired Snyd eller borrelia (“Fraud or Lyme Disease”), a documentary exposing private German “Lyme” clinics. In 2017, a Dutch version of the documentary was shown by Zembla. Relevant links are below: Summary: Documentary: Snyd … Continued
Indiana Chronic Lyme Doctor’s License Indefinitely Suspended for Serious Violations
Beware integrative and functional medicine practitioners
Kevin Conners: Disciplined, Surrendered License
Resources Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners: Kevin Conners Discipline and License Surrender, 2012 Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners: Kevin Conners Discipline, 2009 Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners: Kevin Conners Discipline, 2006 Yelp: Conners Clinic reviews CBS News: Parents Refuse Chemo … Continued
“Lyme Literate” Domenick Braccia Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
He was charged with 10 felony offenses.
ILADS Bernard Raxlen: Disciplined Multiple Times
New York-based doctor Bernard Raxlen, MD is a founding member and former board member of the pseudoscience group ILADS. Raxlen has been the subject of disciplinary actions by the medical boards of New York and Connecticut. Science-Based Medicine has a … Continued
ILADS Doctor Forged Another Doctor’s Signature
And she practiced medicine without a license
Steven Devore Best: State & Federal Charges
Steven Richard Devore Best, MD is a doctor in Illinois who operates The Neuroscience Center and its subsidiaries Hyperbaric Centers of Chicago and PathFinder Brain SPECT Imaging. In 2017, Best was reprimanded and fined $10,000 by the Illinois Department of … Continued
“Lyme Literate” Doctor Pled Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Female Patients
Victims were left traumatized