More victims of Lyme quackery- updated July 8, 2023
Stories worth reading.
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
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
“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
ILADS Sandra Denton: Surrendered medical license in Colorado, moved to Alaska
She ran a quack’s clinic.
ILADS Speaker David Younger: Tax Fraud, Professional Misconduct
Sentenced to 4 months in prison
Michael Belfiore: “Drug Dealer” Convicted of Causing Two Patient Deaths
Illegal distribution of oxycodone