Julia Bruzzese and the need for media responsibility
Why every chronic Lyme story needs to be questioned
Because patients deserve better
Why every chronic Lyme story needs to be questioned
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.
The California Medical Board details apparent horrific treatment of three patients, including a teenager. But the doctor received a slap on the wrist.
“Most of the things I was taught by the chronic Lyme community and by online groups later turned out to be false.”
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.
A serious diagnosis delayed
In 2012, science journalist Laura Helmuth, PhD wrote about Lyme disease conspiracy theories promoted by politicians such as Governor Mitt Romney, Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Governor Bob McDonnell. Ironically, years later, a believer in chronic Lyme disease Al Miller tried … Continued
What may have begun as legitimate public advocacy about a new infectious agent has itself become a threat to public health.
Robert went to a “Lyme specialist” and underwent years of antibiotic treatment due to misdiagnosis of chronic Lyme disease. The true diagnosis was a brain tumor.
Stories of two children who received unnecessary diagnoses and prescriptions.