Misleading
LED lights aren’t a cause of cataracts and don’t cause migraines for most people, contrary to social media claims
Claim:
LEDs cause headaches and migraines; LEDs are the major cause of cataracts
Search results for: "Emotion-focused family therapy (EFFT) lafrance"
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Source: Facebook, Matt Roeske, 2024-09-14 -
InaccurateInfectious diseases like chickenpox and measles are much more likely to cause serious health problems than vaccination
Claim:
Chickenpox and measles aren’t diseases but infections; unlike diseases, infections go away, leaving behind “a lifetime of immunity”; when you vaccinate, you are potentially “causing a disease”
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-10-25 -
What we know about the safety of mifepristone for medical abortions and the effectiveness of progesterone for “abortion reversal”
…articles which were published after the FDA changed mifepristone regulations. Abortion reversal is considered the “brainchild” of George Delgado, a family medicine physician and researcher affiliated with anti-abortion organizations. He…
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InaccurateCalcium is an essential component of bones and helps prevent osteoporosis, contrary to claim by Barbara O’Neill
Claim:
Bones “are not made of calcium”; wild yam is a treatment for osteoporosis
Source: Facebook, Barbara O'Neill, 2024-07-24 -
Partially correctSome evidence suggests that vitamin C and D supplementation might prevent or treat respiratory infections, but their effectiveness is still being tested with COVID-19
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Vitamins C and D are now finally being adopted in the conventional treatment of SARS-CoV-2; Vitamin C at extremely high doses acts as an antiviral drug, actually killing viruses; vitamin D helps the body fight SARS-CoV-2 infection and can cut infection risk.
Source: Mercola, Joseph Mercola, 2020-04-02 -
Misleading2014 study by Dyall et al. is an in vitro study; clinical trials showed hydroxychloroquine is ineffective against COVID-19 in people
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Federal agencies already knew that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine “were very likely to be effective against COVID-19” based on 2014 paper
Source: The Epoch Times, Meryl Nass, 2022-10-31 -
IncorrectClinical trials show no association between the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs and Alzheimer’s or memory loss
Claim:
“Alzheimer’s disease did not occur 40 years ago”; cholesterol-lowering drugs and diets cause Alzheimer’s
Source: Captain's Quarters: Medical Corps, Joel Wallach, 2023-03-11 -
InaccurateHerpes is a sexually transmitted infection; no strong evidence that herbs cure herpes
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Herpes is not a sexually transmitted disease; a commercially available plant product can cure herpes
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2023-04-12 -
InaccurateThe American Medical Association does not reject nor support hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, nor did it change its position on the use matter
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The AMA “reversed course”, now “giving the green light to doctors prescribing HCQ to their COVID patients.”
Source: American Thinker, Brian C. Joondeph, 2020-12-18 -
Partially correctE-cigarettes are less dangerous than smoking, but they are not harmless; long-term health effects remain debated
Claim:
While e-cigarettes may have milder effects on the lungs, they are just as bad - if not worse - for the cardiovascular system
Source: Daily Mail, Natalie Rahhal, 2018-09-12