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Follow The Light: "A Midwestern Doctor" Spews More Medical Fantasy.

Anonymous "Doctors" Are Unethical in the Extreme.

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Joshua Powell
Jun 13, 2025
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The anonymous figure known as "A Midwestern Doctor" continues plaguing contemporary healthcare discourse, with this self-styled medical authority's latest treatise on Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation exemplifying how dangerous misinformation can masquerade as legitimate medical scholarship. This unknown practitioner has historically promoted discredited treatments while hiding behind professional anonymity. His/her recent “work” creating hundreds of citations that provide an illusion of scientific legitimacy while fundamentally misrepresenting the nature of light therapy and evidence-based medicine is nothing but consistant in its course of conduct and fraud.

The ethical foundation of this anonymous “physician's” entire enterprise crumbles upon the most basic examination of medical professionalism. When legitimate physicians publish medical guidance, they stake their professional reputations and licenses on their work, subjecting themselves to peer review, institutional oversight, and po…

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