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Bone spurs occasionally form at the base of human skulls, but their growth has not been linked to the use of handheld devices
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‘Horns’ are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests.
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Source: The Washington Post, Isaac Stanley-Becker, 2019-06-25 -
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UnsupportedVitamin D has not been shown to be more effective than the flu vaccine at preventing flu
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Vitamin D is more effective than [the] flu vaccine
Source: Health Impact News, Joseph Mercola, 2017-03-01 -
IncorrectIn spite of evidence to the contrary, Rizza Islam claims that the MMR vaccine is used for depopulation
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The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa
Source: Sway’s Universe, Rizza Islam, 2019-10-19 -
UnsupportedVaccines do not cause autism, diabetes or cancer, contrary to Shiv Chopra’s claim
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All these diseases [...] use [sic] to be rare. Autism use [sic] to be 1 in 10,000. Now it’s 1 in 50. Now, where is it all coming from? Vaccines are doing it.
Source: Natural Nana, Shiv Chopra, 2013-04-07 -
Mostly accurateHuman error in vaccine preparation led to the deaths of two children in Samoa after MMR shot – MMR vaccine itself is safe and effective
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Samoa withdraws vaccine protecting against measles, mumps and rubella after two babies die within minutes of receiving the routine shot
Source: Daily Mail, Lauren Ferri, 2018-07-10 -
InaccurateADHD prevalence in France is similar to that of other developed countries like the US, cultural differences notwithstanding
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These two very different cultures have different ADHD levels in children, in America the rate is 19 percent, and in France, it’s .5% – a half of a percent
Source: Psychology Today, World's Finest New Recipes, Anonymous, Marilyn Wedge, 2019-10-14 -
InaccurateRobert F. Kennedy Jr. misrepresents WHO causality assessment for adverse events following vaccination, wrongly claims it enables cover-up of vaccine deaths
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[It] is nearly impossible to categorize post-vaccine deaths as vaccine-related
Source: NewsPunch, Children's Health Defense, Baxter Dmitry, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2017-07-18 -
UnsupportedStudy did not report that cannabis smoking leads to “complete remission” of Crohn’s disease, contrary to widely-circulated claim
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smoking marijuana causes ‘complete remission’ of Crohn’s disease
Source: BloomsMag, UK Health Expert, Anonymous, 2019-09-21 -
UnsupportedClaim that ginger is more effective than chemotherapy for cancer treatment is unsupported
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ginger is 10,000x more effective at killing cancer than chemo
Source: Feature Remedies, Healthy Holistic Living, Anonymous, 2019-08-29
