Autoimmune and chronic illness are a global crisis, with an estimated 50 million
sufferers in the US alone. What is fueling this twenty-first century pandemic?
In this eye-opening tour de force, Steven Phillips, MD, and his former patient,
singer-songwriter Dana Parish, take on the medical establishment. Backed by a
trove of published data, Chronic reveals striking evidence that a broad range of
microbes, including the Lyme bacteria, cause a variety of recurrent conditions
and autoimmune diseases. Chronic delves into the history and science behind
common infections that are difficult to diagnose and treat, debunks widely held
beliefs by doctors and patients alike, shows how medicine got