Health & medicine fact checks

"It’s 300[,000], 350,000 people died last year from drugs."

Publisher’s rating: Exaggerated

تراپی نور قرمز؛ یک «سرندیپیتی» در لب مرز شبه‌علم و پلاسیبو

Publisher’s rating: آثار ضد التهابی بالینی تراپی نور قرمز، واقعی است و کشف دانشمندان ناسا است و محققانی از هاروارد هم روی آن تحقیق کرده‌اند اما آثار کلی ادعایی تراپی نور قرمز برای فکت‌نامه «شبه‌علم» است و ادعای «تراپی نور قرمز بهترین روش برای مقابله با پیری است» بی‌اساس است و گزارش‌ها سوگیری دارند.

ادعای ضرر داشتن آب نوشیدنی فاتر در حالت ناشتا

Publisher’s rating: شاخ‌دار

ادعای «خطر زیاد» داروهای PPI مانند امپرازول و پنتوپرازول و افزایش مرگ بر اثر بیماری‌های مختلف.

Publisher’s rating: گمراه‌کننده

श्री राम क्लिनिक का भव्य शुभारम्भ

Publisher’s rating: This article is written and Published By

Russia’s EnteroMix cancer vaccine is turning heads—early trials show ‘100% efficacy'

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says the 100% efficacy claim is not supported by validated evidence: it reports that the trial involved 48 patients and that results had not been published in a peer-reviewed journal. It describes EnteroMix as experimental, with effectiveness and safety still unproven.

“Anybody can get the COVID-19 booster.”

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

ادعای خطرناک بودن خوردن همزمان خربزه و عسل و ایجاد جسم سخت در معده

Publisher’s rating: شاخ‌دار

dat autisme mogelijk veroorzaakt wordt door het gebruik van acetaminophen (een ander woord voor paracetamol) tijdens de zwangerschap.

Publisher’s rating: Onwaar

Volgens Gary Brecka en andere influencers is een depressie het gevolg van een serotoninetekort. Je kan dat oplossen met voeding rijk aan tryptofaan, zoals bananen, eieren, noten of gevogelte. Daardoor zal de darm meer serotonine produceren. Dat ‘darm-serotonine’ zou, volgens deze fitfluencer, langs zenuwbanen naar de hersenen migreren en daar je tekort en dus je depressie oplossen.

Publisher’s rating: Onwaar

Les champignons adaptogènes sont bons pour la santé

Publisher’s rating: Aucune preuve

Coriander and Fennel Seeds Cure Thyroid disorders in 21 days

Publisher’s rating: The claim is False

Vaseline (petroleum jelly) is toxic and loaded with carcinogens

Publisher’s rating: Missing Context

The review says properly refined petrolatum is recognized by regulators as safe for topical use and that refinement removes PAHs; it distinguishes this from untreated or inadequately refined petroleum products. It also says Vaseline works by sealing in moisture and does not inherently trap bacteria when applied to clean skin.

Supplementary data from a Danish study on aluminum-containing vaccines and chronic health conditions, including autism, “shows calamitous evidence of harm.”

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the facts

The video shows a woman giving birth to 14 children in a hospital.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY reports that the video is AI-generated, citing visual distortions and its upload by an account identified as a digital AI creator. The review also says Hive flagged the video as 99.8% likely to be AI-generated. [S1]

اکسیر جوانی قرآنی، تایید شده از سوی دانشمندان ژاپنی که از ترکیب هفت به یک انجیر و زیتون ساخته می‌شود.

Publisher’s rating: نادرست

Ik was ze op een gegeven moment eens drie of vier dagen vergeten te nemen. Op de vijfde dag voelde ik plots iets knetteren in mijn hoofd. Het leek op vuurwerk.

Publisher’s rating: Waar

marathon- en ultralopers hebben veel vaker precancereuze poliepen in de darmen.

Publisher’s rating: Geen bewijs

Sabudana Made from Worms and Worst Food

Publisher’s rating: The claim is False

Sniffing rosemary can increase memory performance by 75%

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says the 75% figure arose from a media misreporting of a 2013 study: the reported improvement was about 7.5% in prospective memory tasks, not 75%. It describes the research as showing modest, task-dependent effects, with results varying by study and conditions.