More victims of Lyme quackery- updated January 3, 2025
Stories worth reading.
“Lyme literate” doctor scam: A couple’s horrific experience
ILADS leaders defended the fraudster
ILADS Clifford Fetters conned a dying cancer patient, says complaint
“I’d like to see him lose his license,” says her widower.
ILADS method should not be used, says Polish Health Ministry
ILADS document leads to abuse of antibiotic treatment, according to an expert
French National Academy of Medicine condemns Lyme disinformation
Experts: “Chronic Lyme disease” is not based on any evidence.
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
So-Called “Special” Issues of Journals: Big Money for Gold OA Publishers
It’s a type of affinity marketing
UK watchdog condemns ILADS propaganda
Beware of fake experts trying to legitimize themselves
Lyme literate child abuser disciplined twice
Another dangerous ILADS cult leader
ILADS doctor disciplined after “Lyme” patient dies of Cancer
Found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct
“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
“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
ILADS Alan Vinitsky: Professional Misconduct
Disciplined by medical boards in Maryland, Pennsylvania, & New York.
ILADS Sabra Bellovin: Fired by her employer
Another incompetent ILADS leader
ILADS Jozef Krop: Guilty of Professional Misconduct
So much quackery