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Health & medicine fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about health & medicine. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

13,667 published reviews in this topic

VRTNWSHealth & medicine

Door het dragen van een zonnebril zal je makkelijker verbranden.

Publisher’s rating: Onwaar

The claim is that sunglasses prevent the eyes from signalling the brain that it is sunny, disrupting the body’s production of melanin and vitamin D and thereby making a person more likely to burn. The VRT NWS review says this claim circulated on social media, including TikTok and Facebook, and notes that its precise origin is difficult to trace. It describes the proposed mechanism but finds that it does not match how these substances are produced. (S1)

First CheckHealth & medicine

Meftal is completely safe for use

Publisher’s rating: In its latest advisory, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has stated that the painkiller can trigger DRESS syndrome, a rare but severe allergic reaction.