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مونوسدیم گلوتامات (MSG) یا نمک چینی چاقکنندهترین ماده دنیا است.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
a mobile phone near your pillow can cause death
Publisher’s rating: False
GLP-1 drugs are "the first front-line intervention" to treat obesity "for 6-year-old kids"
Publisher’s rating: False
Research “suggests that Blacks need fewer antigens" in their vaccines.
Publisher’s rating: Unsupported
സ്കൂൾക്കുട്ടികളെ ലക്ഷ്യമിട്ട് സ്ട്രോബറി ക്വിക്ക് എന്ന പേരില് പുതിയ ലഹരിമരുന്ന് എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു
Publisher’s rating: false
A spoon of ghee and black pepper in water cure piles in 10 days.
Publisher’s rating: The claim is False.
jaggery is a healthier option than sugar
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
สปสช. จะไม่จ่ายค่ารักษาโรคมะเร็งในโครงการ Cancer Anywhere แต่จะเอางบประมาณไปจ่ายค่าฮอร์โมนเตรียมผ่าตัดแปลงเพศแทน
Publisher’s rating: False
NHSO said Cancer Anywhere funding had not been cut or diverted, and that cancer treatment continued as usual with funding available. The review also reports that the transgender health service was still being planned and that no funding had been spent on it; the two programs had separate budgets.
Bij darmkanker kan een gezonde levensstijl het risico met 25 procent verminderen, van gemiddeld 5 procent naar 3,75 procent.
Publisher’s rating: Waar
The review concludes that healthy eating, physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking and limiting alcohol reduce colorectal cancer risk by about a quarter. It describes the average risk as 5%, falling to 3.75% with those lifestyle habits.
Ivermectin reduces the ability to conceive and grow babies, causing infertility
Publisher’s rating: Misleading. Ivermectin’s safety during pregnancy remains inconclusive
Does Rubbing a Potato Slice Daily Remove Dark Circles and Spots?
Publisher’s rating: The claim by the user is MISLEADING.
A viral video suggests drinking from plastic bottles leads to ingesting a credit card’s worth of plastic weekly.
Publisher’s rating: False. While an earlier 2019 study did claim so, more recent research from 2022 shows that the actual microplastic intake is about one millionth of that amount, and comes from various sources, not just plastic bottles. This means humans would take 23,000 years to ingest a credit card’s worth of plastic, not one week.
Rubbing Warm Hands, Saliva, and Finger Motions correct Vision?
Publisher’s rating: The claim is False
The review examines an Instagram post claiming these practices can get rid of glasses and correct vision. It says there is no scientific evidence that applying saliva or performing circular finger motions can eliminate the need for glasses or correct vision, and cites ophthalmologists who say the practices do not correct refractive errors.
New drug in Schools... Please pass this on even if you do not have kids in school. Parents should know about this drug. This is a new drug known as 'strawberry quick '.There is a very scary thing going on in the schools right now that we all need to be aware of. There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry pop rocks (the candy that sizzles and 'pops' in your mouth). It also smells like strawberry and it is being handed out to kids in school yards. They are calling it strawberry meth or strawberry http://quick.Kids are ingesting this thinking that it is candy and being rushed off to the hospital in dire condition. It also comes in chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, grape, and orange. Please instruct your children not to accept candy from strangers and even not to accept candy that looks like this from a friend (who may have been given it and believed it is candy) and to take any that they may have to a teacher, principal, etc. immediately. Pass this post on to as many people as you can
Publisher’s rating: misleading
Repeated and chronic experiences of déjà vu are a sign of neurological or psychological illness, such as temporal lobe epilepsy or psychiatric conditions
Publisher’s rating: True. Déjà vu is harmless in healthy individuals. But if experienced repeatedly along with seizures, it could indicate temporal lobe epilepsy or other neurological disorders
CT coronary scans can detect heart blockages quickly, non-invasively, and with precise detail, eliminating the need for traditional angiograms.
Publisher’s rating: This claim is misleading. While CT coronary angiograms (CTCA) are a valuable diagnostic tool, they do not replace traditional angiograms in all scenarios. Both procedures serve distinct purposes and are applied based on the patient’s condition and likelihood of coronary artery disease (CAD).
onion juice can normalize blood pressure
Publisher’s rating: The claim is Misleading
Al tomar dosis de agua de mar se previenen y curan enfermedades como la diabetes, hipertensión y de colesterol: #Falso
Publisher’s rating: Falso
