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LymeScience republishes: Your Child Does Not Have Chronic Lyme Disease: A Commentary on Communication, Beneficence, and Consent Erin King, MD Originally published in the Winter 2019 issue of the Journal of Pediatric Ethics, a publication of Children’s Minnesota Original PDF | … Continued
Stories worth reading.
ILADS leaders defended the fraudster
Appalling abuse of an autistic child
Chronic Lyme pseudoscience groups wrongly blame bartonella
Another dangerous integrative/functional medicine quack
Another horrific consequence of a fake chronic Lyme diagnosis
Disturbing fake diagnoses and unnecessary antibiotics
Pediatricians discuss another horrifying case of Medical Child Abuse
Toxic snake oil used as a cure-all
Beware of fake experts trying to legitimize themselves
Another dangerous ILADS cult leader
Many strange beliefs.
They’re concerned about false positive Lyme disease diagnoses in children.
“The term chronic Lyme disease is controversial and often misleading.”
I became obsessed with my identity as a chronic Lyme patient.
Another doctor becomes obsessed with Lyme disease
Why every chronic Lyme story needs to be questioned
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
Children are particularly vulnerable to quack diagnoses and treatments.