Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category

More Original Independent Research Presented at CHEST 2025 Than Presented by Many Major Institutions

https://imahealth.substack.com/p/ima-at-chest-2025-a-milestone-in?

IMA at CHEST 2025: A Milestone in Independent Medical Research

At CHEST 2025, IMA presented more original research than many major institutions. With over 1,600 peer-reviewed publications between Drs. Varon and Marik, independent science is gaining ground.

 
Independent Medical Alliance
Oct 28, 2025
 
IMA CHEST 2025 hero

CHEST has long been a stronghold of institutional medicine: an annual gathering where pulmonary and critical care physicians from the world’s largest hospital systems and academic centers set the tone for clinical standards and scientific recognition.

At CHEST 2025, something different happened: an independent alliance is outpacing the establishment.

Led by IMA President Dr. Joseph Varon, our team contributed more original research than many of the most well-funded organizations in the country. That isn’t a boast; it’s a measurable step forward in reclaiming scientific spaces that were once closed to independent researchers.

“At CHEST 2025, I was struck by the fact that the IMA—our independent, grassroots organization—had more scientific presentations than some of the largest medical institutions in the country. Proof that dedication and vision often outperform size and bureaucracy.” — Dr. Joseph Varon

CHEST Chicago 2025

What is CHEST and Why Does It Matter

Founded in 1935, the CHEST Annual Meeting is organized by the American College of Chest Physicians. It is one of the most influential global conferences in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Each year, thousands of clinicians, researchers, and policymakers gather to share emerging science, update protocols, and shape future guidelines.

Participation at CHEST is a strong signal of credibility. It’s the place where clinical science is discussed not just in theory, but in terms of its immediate application to patient care. For an independent medical group to be not only present but prominent shows that change in medicine is possible—and already underway.

Independent, Evidence-Driven, and Growing

For decades, CHEST has been the domain of large academic institutions and government-aligned research groups. This year, Dr. Varon, together with several of his researchers and students, presented a dozen original abstracts, including work on:

  • Pulmonary disease

  • Intensive care medicine

  • Optimization of patient care

That kind of presence doesn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of years of persistence, especially at a time when independent research was under immense pressure.

If you followed us during the COVID era, you’ll know that our physicians challenged flawed policies and raised concerns about mRNA vaccine harms. The response was swift: licenses were threatened, voices were censored, and reputations attacked. But the work continued.

The fact that we’re here today—publishing, presenting, and helping shape clinical conversations—is a testament to the strength of our mission. We survived a Goliath-like effort to silence us, and we’re still standing. Still researching. Still delivering solutions for patients.

Joe Varon with researchers at CHEST

Proof in the Medical Literature

Beyond CHEST, IMA researchers continue to publish in respected peer-reviewed journals. Recent examples include:

These studies are recent examples of a much broader trend: our science, once dismissed, is now being examined seriously. The same mainstream institutions that ignored our findings are beginning to revisit the data and ask questions we have been asking for years.

👉 Visit IMA’s Research Center

Our Research Leadership

IMA’s growing influence in medical research reflects leadership grounded in clinical experience, scientific rigor, and long-term commitment.

Dr. Joseph Varon, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of IMA, has authored more than 1,000 peer-reviewed studies while continuing to practice medicine and mentor the next generation of researchers. He also leads the editorial vision of the Journal of Independent Medicine as its Editor-in-Chief, ensuring a continued focus on practical, patient-centered science.

Dr. Paul Marik, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, has published over 600 peer-reviewed papers and remains one of the most cited intensivists in the world. His recent induction into the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame recognized both the scope and influence of his scientific contributions.

Together, they’ve helped establish a model for medical research that puts patients first, values real-world outcomes, and refuses to compromise on scientific integrity.

Joe Varon showcasing a study at CHEST

A Journal for Uncensored Science

The Journal of Independent Medicine is preparing to release its fourth edition this November, marking the completion of its inaugural year.

The journal exists for one purpose: to give space to research that asks difficult but essential questions. Many of those questions cannot be raised in pharmaceutical-sponsored publications. Here, they can. It is a platform for physicians and scientists who still believe that medicine must serve patients first and tell the truth, even when it is inconvenient.

Expanding in 2026: Special Editions

Building on the success of its first year, IMA will introduce two new special editions in 2026:

  • “Treating Post-Vaccine Complications”

    • Submission Deadline: December 31, 2025

    • Publication Date: 2026

  • “Repurposed Drugs and Nutraceuticals in the Chronic Disease Epidemic”

    • Submission Deadline: February 28, 2026

    • Publication Date: 2026

These editions will expand opportunities for independent researchers and clinicians to publish meaningful work that drives progress rather than compliance.

👉 Submit your research or learn more here

Looking Ahead

CHEST 2025 was not about arrival or recognition. It was about progress earned through steady, verifiable work.

Through peer-reviewed research, transparent publishing, and the leadership of dedicated physicians, IMA is proving that independent medicine can thrive within the highest levels of scientific discourse.

Our work has always stood on its own merit. What has changed is that the world is finally ready to recognize it. And this is only the beginning.

For more coverage, check out where our globetrotting team of experts has been lately below:

________________

**Comment**

This is wonderful news and another wonderful silver lining to COVID mania.

Independent research has been the only thing moving the Lyme/MSIDS needle, and because it’s such a polarized disease, research is political, not scientific and is purposely designed for a predetermined outcome.

The world is beginning to see what Lymeland has known for over 40 years.

Category:

Activism, research, Uncategorized

Study Links Surge in Children’s Memory Problems to Radiation Exposure

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/kids-memory-problems-surge-wireless-radiation-exposure-study/

Study Links Surge in Children’s Memory Problems to Wireless Radiation Exposure

Children and teens in Sweden and Norway are experiencing an “alarming” rise in memory problems, according to the authors of a new peer-reviewed study that linked the issue to increased exposure to wireless radiation. “Radiation exposure must be reduced, and people must be informed about the associated health risks,” one of the study’s authors said.

by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.
October 23, 2025This article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.
boy and cell tower

Children and teens in Sweden and Norway are experiencing an “alarming” rise in memory problems, which the authors of a new peer-reviewed study attributed to increased exposure to wireless radiation.

“The steep increase in memory issues cannot be explained by changes in diagnostic criteria or reporting to the registries alone,” Lennart Hardell, M.D., Ph.D., one of the study’s authors, said in a press release. He added:

“We urge our findings on increasing numbers of children having impaired memory to be taken seriously by public health authorities and consider children’s increasing exposure to wireless radiation as a possible cause.

“Thus, we ask for measures aimed at decreasing exposure to RF radiation [radiofrequency radiation] to protect the brain and general health of children.”

The study was published this month in the Archives of Clinical and Biomedical Research.

Hardell, an oncologist and epidemiologist with the Environment and Cancer Research Foundation, has authored more than 350 papers, nearly 60 of which address RF radiation. He is also one of the first researchers to publish reports on the toxicity of Agent Orange.

Hardell and lead study author Mona Nilsson, co-founder and director of the Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, examined national health data in Sweden and Norway and found that the number of medical consultations for memory disturbances in Norwegian children ages 5-19 increased roughly 8.5-fold from 2006 to 2024.

In Sweden, the number of children ages 5-19 diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment — a diagnosis that includes memory problems — increased nearly 60-fold from 2010 to 2024.

“The findings must be taken seriously and evaluated,” Hardell told The Defender. “Action must be taken to reduce children’s overall exposure — especially in schools.”

Nilsson agreed. “These alarming trends must be reversed — radiation exposure must be reduced, and people must be informed about the associated health risks,” she said.

Authors link memory problems to wireless radiation

The authors argued in their report that wireless radiation is a leading cause of memory decline in children.

They cited numerous epidemiological and experimental studies showing that very low levels of RF radiation can negatively affect the brain — particularly the hippocampus, which plays a central role in memory and learning.

“There is abundant evidence [dating back] several decades, both on animals and humans, that RF radiation impairs memory,” Nilsson said. “The trends we are observing coincide closely in time with the sharply increasing exposure of children and adolescents to RF radiation.”

Wireless exposure has escalated in the last decade due to the increasing use of cellphones, wireless headsets, Wi-Fi and 5G, Hardell said.

“Other contributing factors can, of course, not be excluded,” he said. “They must, however, be defined and not based on hypothetical discussion.”

New investigation targets ‘biased’ European report on RF radiation

The new study coincides with the European Ombudsman investigation into how the European Commission handled a key report that found no “moderate or strong” evidence linking adverse health effects to chronic or acute RF radiation exposure from existing wireless technologies.

The European Ombudsman, who “investigates complaints about maladministration by EU [European Union] institutions and bodies,” will question the European Commission on how it chose the experts to write the report, said Sophie Pelletier, president of PRIARTEM/Electrosensibles de France, in an Oct. 22 press release.

The report, called the SCHEER Opinion, was adopted in April 2023 by the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER).

The SCHEER Opinion was “clearly biased,” according to an October 2023 critique published by the Council for Safe Telecommunications in Denmark and the Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation.

The investigation stems from a complaint filed by several European nonprofits, including the Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, alleging that the authors of the SCHEER Opinion had conflicts of interest due to industry ties or industry-funded research.

The nonprofits also claimed that the European Commission excluded experts critical of wireless radiation’s possible health effects from the report’s working group and that the report authors ignored peer-reviewed studies showing harmful effects from exposure below current limits.

In the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has not updated its RF radiation exposure limits since 1996 and bases them largely on a few small sample studies conducted in the 1970s and 1980s.

The FCC has not yet complied with a 2021 court-ordered mandate to explain how it determined that its current guidelines adequately protect humans and the environment from the harmful effects of RF radiation exposure.

Related articles in The Defender

This article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Please consider subscribing to The Defender or donating to Children’s Health Defense.

________________

**Comment**

Houston, we have a real problem…..

Please also read, “Wired for Harm: The Biological and Spiritual Costs of Wireless Radiation.”

For more:

Category:

Activism, EMF, research, Uncategorized

Health Officials Issue Warning As Lyme Disease Reaches ‘Endemic Levels’ in West Virginia

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/health-officials-issue-warning-dangerous

Health officials issue warning as dangerous disease reaches ‘endemic levels’: ‘It’s not if you’re going to get it, it’s when’

Katie Dupere

A region in West Virginia is experiencing “endemic levels” of Lyme disease. It’s a clear example of how warming global temperatures are transforming some regions into breeding grounds for diseases.

What’s happening?

Ohio County — which has a population of about 40,000 — is experiencing an alarming number of Lyme disease cases. As of mid-September, there were almost 300 reported cases. Health officials warn the illness is now so widespread that cases are no longer investigated but simply recorded.

“It’s not if you’re going to get it, it’s when you’re going to get it,” Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department Administrator Howard Gamble told local news affiliate WTOV 9.

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted to humans through the bite of infected ticks. It can cause fever, fatigue, joint pain, and a characteristic “bull’s-eye” rash. If left untreated, Lyme may lead to serious complications affecting the heart, joints, and nervous system.

Ohio County officials attribute the surge to unstable environmental conditions and human proximity to animal habitats that support tick populations. And those factors can be directly tied to rising global temperatures.

Spring and summer are peak tick seasons — but health officials warn cases are not expected to decrease significantly in the fall.  (See link for article)

________________

**Comment**

Sadly, another article pushing the ‘climate change’ agenda which has been proven by independent research to be a mute point regarding ticks and disease proliferation, yet a lie is halfway around the world before the truth is still putting on its shoes.

Further, these articles never manage to even mention the fact our own government has experimented upon ticks for decades, purposely infecting them and then dropping them out of airplanes…..

For more:

Category:

Activism, Climate, Lyme, Ticks, Uncategorized

Explaining DDDCT Protocol for Treating Bartonella, Parts 1-5

**UPDATE**

Just so you know you aren’t losing your mind, I posted this before back in March:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2025/03/07/treating-bartonella-medical-detective-pts-1-5/

I hate to be proving the adage, “The mind is the first to go,” but here we are.

https://www.lymedisease.org/protocol-treating-bartonella

MEDICAL DETECTIVE: Explaining DDDCT protocol for treating Bartonella

This article was originally posted on Dr. Richard Horowitz’s Medical Detective Substack. It is Part 4 of a 5-part series. You can find more helpful content by subscribing here. 

By Dr. Richard Horowitz

Double Dose Dapsone Combination Therapy (DDDCT)

In Bartonella Parts 1, 2, and 3, you learned the basics of Bartonella testing, symptoms, and treatment options, with a detailed discussion of laboratory work needed before starting the protocol, and how/why the medication and support supplements are being used to increase the tolerability and safety of DDDCT and HDDCT.

Please review this information with your doctor before proceeding with the antibiotic protocol listed below. The full protocol can be found in:

Horowitz, R.I.; Fallon, J.; Freeman, P.R. Comparison of the Efficacy of Longer versus Shorter Pulsed High Dose Dapsone Combination Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease/Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome with Bartonellosis and Associated Coinfections. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 2301. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11092301

Here’s the detailed and simplified version of the protocol.

The first week protocol

Gradually add the medication one by one to ensure GI tolerance. For example, on a Monday, start with Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) 200 mg once per day after meals, with Nystatin 500,000 U tablets, 2 twice per day, cimetidine 400 mg twice per day, and minocycline 50 mg twice per day.

Lower dose minocycline or doxycycline (50 mg twice per day) can be started if you have a history of GI intolerance to tetracyclines or risk of sun exposure. If there is no issue with GI tolerance, add rifampin 300 mg twice a day on Wednesday, several days later.

Since rifampin can affect medication levels in the body, especially hormones (thyroid, adrenals), a drug interaction check should be done in advance to understand whether other medication you are on will need to be adjusted. For example, if you have low thyroid function, you may increase thyroid medication slightly on rifampin, and then check levels several weeks later to ensure they are in good range.

Then, assuming all the medication has been tolerated Monday through Wednesday, add pyrazinamide (PZA) on Thursday for those with evidence of active Bartonella.

Dosing is based on body weight

The dosing is based on body weight (40-55 kg: 1000 mg once per day x 2 months; 56-75 kg, 1500 mg once per day x 2 months; 76-90 kg: 2000 mg once a day). Pyrazinamide is a Mycobacterium/persister drug used to shorten the course of therapy of tuberculosis; adding it, along with a tetracycline, rifampin, and dapsone, has a stronger effect on flushing Bartonella out of its hiding place.

Rarely, pyrazinamide will cause a rash (in roughly 5% of patients), and if that occurs, it should be stopped immediately. The rash will resolve quickly within 1-2 days off the medication.  If there is any doubt about sensitivity to medication, speak to your health care provider about using an H1 and H2 blocker prior to using PZA, like cetirizine (Zyrtec) 10 mg once a day with famotidine (Pepcid) 10-20 mg once a day.

So before starting the official 8-week DDDCT protocol, after breakfast and dinner and with a full stomach, take minocycline or doxycycline twice a day, 2 Nystatin twice a day, Plaquenil once a day, cimetidine twice a day, rifampin twice a day, and pyrazinamide once a day, apart from all the support supplements discussed in Bartonella, Part 3. These include probiotics twice per day, biofilm agents twice per day, and inflammatory/detox support twice per day.

The first week protocol is designed in a way to ensure there is no diarrhea, by slowing increasing medication, and also so you know if you react to any specific medication (i.e., Herxheimer reactions) before adding dapsone and folic acid supplements.

The 8-week DDDCT protocol

The 8-week protocol starts when all antibiotics are on board and tolerated (which adds an extra week to the protocol). Take probiotics as soon as you get up in the morning and last thing at bedtime. Always take antibiotics after breakfast and dinner together at the same time.

Be sure to not take your minerals (like Min RX 2 twice a day [Xymogen] and magnesium malate [NutramediX] 2- 4 twice a day) within 1-2 hours of antibiotics; take them at lunchtime and bedtime instead. Minerals can impair the absorption of tetracyclines, which is why they are taken apart.

Week 1

Add Dapsone 25 mg per Day and Folic Acid Support

*Dapsone 25mg once per day will be added to the prior regimen along with folic acid support to help reduce dapsone induced anemia

*Leucovorin (folinic acid) 25 mg, two twice per day

*Xaquil XR (L-methyl folate, Xymogen) two twice per day.

*Take these antibiotics:

*Minocycline 50 mg 1 twice per day with meals (or mino/doxy 50-100 mg twice a day)

*Rifampin 300mg 1 twice per day

*Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) 200mg once per day

*Nystatin 500,000 units 2 twice per day

*Cimetidine 400 mg twice per day

*Pyrazinamide (PZA) 500 mg, 2-4 tablets once per day (dose is dependent on body weight, as above).

*Take the support supplements listed in Bartonella Part 3.

Week 2

Increase Dapsone to 50 mg per Day

*Continue the same Week 1 regimen.

*Increase dapsone to 25 mg twice per day (50mg daily). That is the only change, as dapsone is gradually increased over the next 4 weeks for tolerability. If there are any severe Herxheimer reactions, use the Herxheimer protocol in Substack Bartonella Part 3.

Week 3

Increase Dapsone to 75 mg per Day

*Continue the same Week 1 regimen.

*Increase dapsone 25 mg to 2 in the morning and 1 in the evening (75 mg daily).

Week 4

Increase Dapsone to 100 mg per Day, Begin Methylene Blue and High Dose Antioxidants

*Take Week 1 antibiotics.

*Take these supplements at these increased doses to reverse methemoglobin levels:

*1000 to 2000 mg of glutathione twice per day

*Vitamin C 1-2 g twice per day

*Vitamin E 300 IUs twice per day

*NADH 5 mg 1-2 times per day

*Dapsone 100mg 1 per day (or 25 mg, two twice per day)

*Start methylene blue 50 mg twice per day

Weeks 5-8

Double Dose Dapsone Combination Therapy for the Next 4 Weeks

Week 5

*Take Week 1 antibiotics and supplements at these increased doses to reverse methemoglobin levels

*Dapsone 100mg, 1 twice per day (total dapsone, 200 mg per day)

*Add azithromycin (Zithromax) 250 mg twice per day with a full stomach. Clarithromycin (Biaxin) can alternatively be used instead of Zithromax if insurance coverage requires a different medication.

*Check a QT interval on the EKG prior to using Zithromax, or clarithromycin as Plaquenil, Zithromax and/or use of Zofran (ondasentron) for nausea may increase the QT. A repeat EKG is advisable when using Zithromax to ensure stability.

*Increase Methylene Blue to 100 mg, 1 twice per day.

*Increase Leucovorin 25 mg tablets to 4, twice per day (100 mg twice per day).

*Increase Xaquil XR (L-methyl folate) to 4 twice per day (60 mg twice a day). Higher doses of folic acid support will help to reduce dapsone induced anemia while using higher doses of dapsone.

*Increase glutathione from 1000 mg twice per day, to 2000 mg twice per day, if methemoglobin levels rise above 5%.

Week 6

*Continue Week 5 regimen.

*Increase methylene blue to 150 mg twice per day.

Week 7

*Continue Week 5 regimen.

*Increase methylene blue to 200 mg twice per day.

Week 8

*Continue Week 5 regimen.

*Increase methylene blue to 250 mg twice per day.

Week 9

High Dose Dapsone Combination Therapy (HDDCT) for the Next Week

*Continue Week 8 regimen, except increase Rifampin to 600 mg twice per day.

* Increase dapsone to two, 100 mg tablets twice per day, for a total dose of 400 mg of dapsone.

*Increase methylene blue to 300 mg twice per day.

*This will be a 6-day pulse for Bartonella as long as the blood counts and methemoglobin levels are in acceptable range. In some cases, a 4-day HDDCT pulse may be needed if borderline blood counts are present, or if there is no clear evidence of active Bartonella. Blood tests with a CBC, CMP, and methemoglobin level are done on day 3 or 4 of the this last week of antibiotic therapy.

Month 3, After Week 9 and Finishing HDDCT

*Stop all antibiotics. Stop Plaquenil, cimetidine, minocycline or doxycycline, Rifampin, Zithromax (or clarithromycin), and PZA.

*Stop dapsone.

*Go for repeat laboratory work (CBC, CMP, methemoglobin level) once you are 2-3 weeks off all antibiotics.

*Stay on:

*Nystatin 2 twice per day (to eliminate any yeast overgrowth)

*Leucovorin 4 twice per day

*L-methylfolate (Xaquil), 4 twice per day,

*All probiotics, biofilm support, and nutritional support with NAC, ALA, glutathione (GSH), Curcuplex, Oncoplex, etc.

*Taper methylene blue. Decrease the dose to 200 mg twice per day for 2 days; 100 mg twice a day for 2 days; 50 mg twice a day for 1- 2 days, and then stop it. Do not keep taking high dose MB after dapsone is finished (use the above protocol), as this could lead to increased hemolysis with lower red cell counts and symptoms/signs of serotonin syndrome.

If you have blue hands/lips and any symptoms suggestive of elevated methemoglobin at the end of the protocol once you have tapered MB, the decision to remain on lower dose MB and/or other high dose antioxidants must be based on blood levels of methemoglobin, not pulse oximetry (which doesn’t work on MB) or symptoms. This is important.

*Continue folic acid support with Leucovorin and Xaquil at the above doses until the CBC returns, when you go for labs about 3 weeks off the protocol. At that point, any anemia should be improving nicely, and doses can be decreased. If not, Leucovorin and Xaquil should continue at 3 twice per day for 1-2 more weeks, going into Month 4 (one month off antibiotics); usually Leucovorin and Xaquil are taken at a dose of 2 twice per day until the anemia has sufficiently resolved.

*Women should take extra B12 support (Methyl protect, Xymogen, one per day) and extra iron if there heavy menses during the protocol.

When the protocol is finished

Month 3

Mitochondrial support has been shown to be helpful for many patients after the protocol has completed. Do this for one month during Month 3 post-antibiotic therapy along with Nystatin, Leucovorin, Xaquil, probiotics, biofilm support, and other support supplements:

*ATP 360, 3 capsules once a day (Researched Nutritionals)

*ENADA (NADH) 1-2 per day

*Carnitex (Xymogen) 2 twice per day (not for those with alpha gal allergy)

*CoQ Power 400 mg twice per day (Researched Nutritionals) with CardioRibose (Researched Nutritionals), one scoop twice per day

*Mitoprime (Xymogen) one per day

*MitoNR (Designs for Health) one per day.

This protocol has had excellent success in chronically ill patients who suffered with chronic Lyme disease and Bartonella. You can watch the 90-minute dapsone documentary I filmed on 18 patients who were chronically ill who have now recovered their health with DDDCT and HDDCT:

https://players.brightcove.net/6314452011001/PAMDt93Yi_default/index.html?videoId=6353288590112

In Part 5, you’ll read about how to use the 2-week antibiotic pulses using HDDCT for chronic Bartonella. I’ll also review how to manage potential side effects in more detail. Stay tuned!

Dr. Richard Horowitz has treated 13,000 Lyme and tick-borne disease patients over the last 40 years and is the best-selling author of  How Can I Get Better? and Why Can’t I Get Better? You can subscribe to read more of his work on Substack or join his Lyme-based newsletter for regular insights, tips, and advice.

Go here for Part 5.

Category:

Uncategorized

‘AI Said I Had Lyme Disease Before a Doctor Did’

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkjyrm5g1yo

‘AI said I had Lyme disease before a doctor did’

Oct. 13, 2025
 
Jamie Morris
South of England
BBC Oliver Moazzezi is sat looking at his computer screen. He has a beard, white glasses on his head and a black t-shirt.
BBC
 
“I felt like I was being a hypochondriac”

“I felt quite vindicated… if I hadn’t persisted, if I hadn’t put all of my symptoms into AI I would hate to think where I would have been left by healthcare professionals.”

It started with ringing in his ears but over a number of years Oliver Moazzezi also experienced high blood pressure, extreme fatigue and muscle spasms.

Unsatisfied with various explanations from doctors – including anxiety – he decided to ask Artificial Intelligence for answers.

After asking AI he had a test with a private doctor which come back positive for Lyme disease, so it seemed AI had given him the answer – but experts warn using these tools to self-diagnose comes with risks and should be treated with caution.

“I felt like I was being a hypochondriac, I felt like no-one actually wanted to understand or look at all the things I was trying to explain to people quite eloquently.”

Oliver used to go to the gym three times a week and swim regularly before he started developing symptoms – now he can’t.

He said it all started three years ago after he was bitten by a tick that was brought in by his cat from the woods near his home in Whiteley.

In those same woods he describes how at it’s worst, his tinnitus meant he couldn’t hear the rustling of the leaves or the sound of birds.

“All I had was this massive high-pitched scream… it was horrific and it was day and night for weeks and months,” he said.  (See link for article)

_______________

**Comment**

And this, my friends, is the state we are in…..you have to be diagnosed by machine learning because doctors purposely have their heads in the sand.  Oh – but these same deaf, blind, and dumb doctors warn that those concerned with their health speak to a trained clinician…..the very clinicians that miss the diagnosis in the first place!

 

Category:

Activism, Lyme, Uncategorized