Debate over illness plaguing students

Debate wages on over the illness plaguing students in LeRoy, as another case of conversion disorder emerges.

PANDAS May Be Cause Of Mysterious LeRoy Illness, Neurologist Claims

Many experts have diagnosed them with conversion disorder -- where a stress or psychological issue manifests in physical symptoms. But now New Jersey neurologist Dr. Rosario Trifiletti suspects that the real root cause could be something called PANDAS , TIME reported, an infection that the girls he's seen are now being treated for with antibiotics.

Facebook, YouTube could be spreading 'mystery illness,' doctor says

One doctor says that social media may be spreading the mysterious twitching symptoms that have plagued more than a dozen teens and at least one adult in an upstate New York town.

Symptoms reportedly affect 36 year old

There's renewed concerns about contamination in LeRoy in the wake of a mysterious illness.

In search of answers to the many questions in Le Roy

The illness afflicting 18 teens has spurred speculation on what's behind it all.

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As the published evidence for the source of chronic fatigue syndrome fell apart, a legal melodrama erupted, dismaying and demoralizing patients and many members of the scientific community.

Q&A with Dr. Susan Swedo regarding PANDAS

Dr. Susan Swedo, you could say, wrote the book on PANDAS.  She is currently chief of the Pediatrics & Developmental Neuroscience Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health.  In 1998, Swedo wrote the first paper on PANDAS. Click here for her official biography . In the course of working on the story of the Le Roy illness, we contacted NIMH about her possible opinion on the Le Roy cases and ...