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Lyme disease: the ‘yuppie virus’ with dangerous false diagnoses
Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit and husband of the tennis star Serena Williams, was perplexed.
He was showing no symptoms of Lyme disease, and had not spent much time in the wilderness or northeastern US states where the ticks that carry it are most prevalent. And yet, after a “full battery of health scans”, his doctor had told him that he was infected.
Experts warn that celebrity tell-alls and rampant “pseudoscience” surrounding Lyme is fuelling misdiagnoses. “Lyme disease has been plagued with misinformation for decades,” said Andrea Love, the executive director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation. “Unfortunately, there are instances of celebrities bringing attention to Lyme when it is unlikely they actually were infected with this bacteria.”
People Are Blaming Long COVID For Their Hangovers — Experts Say the Science Is Shaky
A recent study circulating that suggests PASC increases hangover symptoms is not supported by robust evidence. Read here for more.
Was Lyme disease spread as a bioweapon? No, that theory is Pants on Fire!
Tucker Carlson stated on May 9, 2024 in an Instagram post: Lyme Disease became endemic because of U.S. government bioweapons labs. But this is a "Pants on Fire" theory!
The Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, has existed for at least 60,000 years, long before the United States’ biological weapons program began in 1942. Lyme became endemic in the U.S. in the 1970s because of changing environmental factors, not because of bioweapons research.
The misleading information in one of America’s most popular podcasts
Huberman’s rise to popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic should have been a win for information: Huberman, an associate professor of neurobiology at Stanford with an active lab, it seemed, was a respected researcher in his field of visual neuroscience, and he filled his multi-hour podcast episodes with citations and caution.
Popular science communication isn’t always the best science communication. The implicit pact that Huberman’s podcast makes with its audience — that it will, if you listen and follow, help you optimize your life — has turned the podcast into a powerful force that shapes how his audience of millions understands science. But listeners of Huberman Lab may be, at times, hearing what some call an illusion.
Podcaster and love rat Andrew Huberman is hawking $100 bogus 'unscientific' supplements, top scientists warn
Dr Huberman is paid by 15 health brands to promote supplements and products
Microbiologist Dr Love said the evidence for these is based on 'a nugget of truth'
Now podcaster Andrew Huberman is accused of pushing pseudoscience by top doctors, including casting doubt on life-saving vaccines - days after reports of his love rat behavior
Dr Andrea Love, a microbiologist and immunologist, has accused Andrew Huberman of 'fill[ing] his podcast with confident displays of pseudoscience'
He claimed the flu shot is only effective against the circulating strain of the virus
Huberman also praised ashwagandha, a supplement with limited evidence
Coronavirus FAQ: I'm immunocompromised. Will pills, gargles and sprays fend off COVID?
Dr. Andrea Love provides insight to Jonathan Lambert from NPR about how to reduce risk of COVID-19 if immunocompromised
Is COVID now endemic? Here's what experts say.
Dr. Andrea Love speaks to Nsisong Asanga about the current status of COVID-19
Household Mold Can Be Dangerous — Here's How to Get Rid of It
Dr. Andrea Love speaks to POPSUGAR about what’s real and what’s not about household mold.