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Verifying the credibility of claims related to medical, health and life sciences.
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UnsupportedMore evidence needed to confirm association between Alzheimer’s prevention and supplements like curcumin, green tea, or lion’s mane
Claim:
Three supplements (curcumin, green tea, and lion’s mane) can stop Alzheimer’s disease before it starts
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Robert W. B. Love, 2023-12-29 -
InaccurateContrary to viral misinformation, cow feed additive Bovaer shows no safety concerns for consumers
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Cow feed additive Bovaer is unsafe, makes milk unfit for human consumption
Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
UnsupportedNo, study didn’t find that seed oils fuel “explosion of colon cancers in young people”
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“Doctors warn cooking oil used by millions may be fueling explosion of colon cancers in young people”
Source: Daily Mail, Emily Joshu, 2024-12-10 -
MisleadingUnvaccinated people died of COVID-19 at a higher rate than vaccinated people; vaccines prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths
Claim:
How are "Billions of Unvaxxed people with NO Boosters […] still alive"? Unvaccinated people should be dead.
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-12-08 -
InaccurateClaim that 79.4% of SIDS deaths occurred on same day as vaccination misinterprets CDC study
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“79.4% of babies who die of SIDS had a vaccine the same day”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
InaccurateAI-generated videos promote false herbal cure for COPD, a currently incurable lung disease
Claim:
“A revolutionary pill that combines over 60 natural herbs” cures COPD within three days
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-11-26
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Anti-vaccine claims about the Alexis Lorenze case mislead on vaccine risks
This report highlights the questionable rapidity with which Lorenze’s illness was attributed to vaccines by anti-vaccine activists. As a fuller examination of the available evidence shows, it is challenging to reliably establish vaccines as the sole cause of her condition.
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How fears of parasites drive viral claims for detoxes and cleanses
Removing parasites from the body is a recurring theme in health misinformation on social media. These posts misleadingly suggest that…
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Are claims linking recent U.S. trends in cancer diagnoses to COVID-19 vaccines plausible? A look at the available data
Since it takes several years to gather, verify, and consolidate cancer data at the national level, there’s no real-time way to monitor national cancer trends. Medical experts have also explained that there is no plausible mechanism or data that connect COVID-19 vaccines to cancer.