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Health & medicine fact checks

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

13,672 published reviews in this topic

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaHealth & medicine

අන්නාසි කැබලි කිහිපයක් උණුවතුරට දමා බීමෙන් පිළිකාව සුව වෙනවාද ?

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The claim reviewed was that adding two or three pieces of pineapple to hot water and drinking it can cure cancer. The post also attributed the claim to a supposed professor, Gilbert A. Kwok, at an ICBS hospital. The review says it could not find information confirming that the hospital or doctor existed, and therefore did not establish that the named person had made the quoted claim.

BR24 FaktenfuchsHealth & medicine

Menschen sterben bei großer Hitze in geschlossenen Räumen

Publisher’s rating: Irreführend. Entscheidend sind Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit. Theoretisch kann mangelnder Luftaustausch bei hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit zu Hitzetod führen. Laut Experten gibt es keine Belege dafür, dass Menschen bei geschlossenen Fenstern während Hitze sterben würden.