Health & medicine fact checks

“Look at the consequence of the old, corrupt food pyramid: a generation of kids low in protein, struggling with muscle mass, weak...”

Publisher’s rating: Unfounded

Pigs carry dangerous parasites that can survive cooking, continue thriving inside the human body

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says parasites associated with pork are transmitted through raw or undercooked meat, or through poor hygiene and contaminated food or water—not properly cooked pork. It explains that adequate cooking destroys the parasites, while infection and egg production can occur after consuming undercooked pork containing live cysts or ingesting tapeworm eggs through contaminated food or water.

Spraying perfume on the neck directly places fragrance chemicals over the thyroid gland, disrupting its function.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says the thyroid lies beneath multiple tissue layers, so perfume applied to the neck does not expose the gland directly. Although some fragrance ingredients have been studied for possible endocrine effects, it says evidence does not establish that typical neck application causes thyroid disease. [S1]

Der Anstieg von Allergien liegt an Impfungen.

Publisher’s rating: Falsch

احذروا من القطط.. عدوى فطرية شائعة تصيب الأطفال

Publisher’s rating: نصف حقيقي

The review says fungal skin infections can spread from cats to people, but transmission is not inevitable and not all cats are infected. It also reports that infections were more common among children, while finding the claim that cats always cause such infections to be an inaccurate generalization.

’கருப்பு படலம் படிந்திருக்கும் வெங்காயத்தை சாப்பிட்டால் மியூகோர்மைகோசிஸ் நோய் தொற்று ஏற்படும்’

Publisher’s rating: false

Geimpfte Kinder leiden 2,5 mal so häufig an chronischen Erkrankungen wie ungeimpfte Kinder

Publisher’s rating: Falsch.

شرب المياه أثناء تناول الطعام يؤثر على الهضم ويزيد الوزن

Publisher’s rating: سياق مضلل

If you fast for 24 hours, cancer cells will be destroyed. Fast for a week, and all the cancer cells will be destroyed - Annamalai, Former State President of BJP.

Publisher’s rating: misleading

Die Masern-Impfstoffe brauchen Placebo-Tests beziehungsweise eine placebo-kontrollierte Studie, um ihre Sicherheit zu prüfen.

Publisher’s rating: Falsch. Die Sicherheit der Masern-Impfstoffe ist ausreichend auf anderen Wegen überprüft. Placebo-kontrollierte Studien zu Masern-Impfstoffen wären nicht vereinbar mit ethischen Prinzipien der medizinischen Forschung.

It may be "better" if fewer children received flu shots; a Cochrane review "found that there is no evidence that the flu vaccine prevents serious disease or that it prevents hospitalizations or death in children.”

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

24 மணி நேரம் விரதம் இருந்தால் புற்றுநோய் செல்கள் அழிந்துவிடும். ஒரு வாரம் விரதம் இருங்கள் மொத்த புற்றுநோய் செல்களும் அழிந்துவிடும். அண்ணாமலை, பாஜக முன்னாள் மாநிலத் தலைவர்.

Publisher’s rating: misleading

استخدام مزيلات العرق ومضادات التعرق تزيد الإصابة بسرطان الثدي

Publisher’s rating: نصف حقيقي

بموجب دراسات منشورة عنه شرحتها سابقاً. الزبادي اليوناني يرفع الدهون ويرفع عندك الكلسترول

Publisher’s rating: سياق ناقص

Consuming approximately seven baby carrots shortly before bed can calm the nervous system and trigger better sleep the same night.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says no controlled clinical trials show that eating carrots before bed improves sleep that night. It notes that research linking carotenoid-rich foods with sleep concerns overall dietary habits, not a specific bedtime snack, and says eating close to bedtime may disrupt sleep.

The video shows people addicted to drugs and collapsing on the streets in Venezuela.

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The review says the video shows people on the streets of Philadelphia’s Kensington neighbourhood, not Venezuela. It reports that media reports from September 2023 linked the footage to drug abuse and says geolocation of visible store signs confirmed Philadelphia.

టాటా మెమోరియల్ హాస్పిటల్‌కు చెందిన డాక్టర్ ‘రాజేంద్ర ఏ.’ వేడి కొబ్బరి నీళ్లు క్యాన్సర్ కణాలను చంపుతాయని ఒక మెసేజిలో తెలిపారు.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

,, Skandalozno: Cjepiva protiv gripe nude se u britanskom pubu.’’

Publisher’s rating: Uglavnom Netočno, Mamac poveznica/Clickbait

ادعای تاثیر حجامت بر افزایش قد

Publisher’s rating: شاخ‌دار

インフルエンザワクチン「フルミスト」は劇薬だから危険?

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

The review explains that “劇薬” designation means a medicine requires careful handling and does not, by itself, mean the vaccine is dangerous. It notes that FluMist is not recommended for certain people, including those with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, who are advised to use an inactivated influenza vaccine instead.