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شركة المياه تحذر من الشرب لمدة 19 ساعة بسبب وجود ميكروب
Publisher’s rating: خبر كاذب
درباره طب ارتعاشی، انرژی‌درمانی و انرژی شفابخش چه می‌دانیم
Publisher’s rating: سال‌هاست که دسته‌ای از ادعاهای شبه‌علمی با استفاده گمراه‌کننده و نابه‌جا (خارج از بافتار) از واژه‌هایی که تعریف علمی دقیق دارند مانند انرژی، نوسان، امواج، ارتعاش، فرکانس و … سعی در جذب مخاطب دارند.
Drinking lemons soaked in hot water can cure cancer
Publisher’s rating: Drinking hot water in which lemons have been soaked, or consuming lemon juice, is no cure for cancer. At best, it could boost one’s immunity.
Can wisdom teeth that grow sideways straighten out over time?
Publisher’s rating: The Claim is Mostly False
Bloedtransfusies zijn gevaarlijk dankzij COVID-19-vaccinaties.
Publisher’s rating: Gedoneerd bloed van een persoon die tegen COVID-19 is ingeënt, is even veilig voor de ontvanger dan bloed van een persoon die niet gevaccineerd is.
Holding a laptop on lap for extended periods leads to infertility in men
Publisher’s rating: Laptop use on the lap may potentially impact male fertility due to heat and exposure to electromagnetic fields
Zinc deficiency negatively affects male reproductive health and overall immunity.
Publisher’s rating: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kOnVbwm1IgY?embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Ffirstcheck.in%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE
Meu nome é Ana, e minha filha Alice, de apenas 5 anos, está enfrentando um câncer chamado linfoma de Burkitt
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Can lemon, ginger, garlic and apple cider vinegar remove blockages from heart veins?
Publisher’s rating: This is False claim.
Can Shitkari Pranayam Cure Toothache?
Publisher’s rating: False
The review reports no evidence that Shitkari Pranayam cures toothache, though it may help with relaxation and anxiety. It says toothache requires assessment and treatment of its underlying cause.
The image shows AIIMS Delhi doctors paying tribute to Sitaram Yechury, whose body was donated for medical research.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The image does not show doctors paying tribute to Sitaram Yechury; the review identifies it as a photo from a hospital in China. It reports that the photo shows doctors and nurses paying tribute to organ donor Dr. Zhao Xu after surgery, and that it was taken in Hefei on 29 September 2016. [S1]
Der jüngste Mpox-Ausbruch wurde durch die Corona-Impfung ausgelöst.
Publisher’s rating: Das ist falsch. Astrazeneca enthält zwar ein Schimpansen-Adenovirus als Vektor - dies ist jedoch für Menschen ungefährlich und hat nichts mit dem Mpox-Virus zu tun.
Childhood vaccination leads to autism
Publisher’s rating: Scientific consensus firmly establishes that childhood vaccinations do not cause autism
Research from related reporting says that in November, Kennedy directed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism, without supplying new evidence (S1). Another report says Kennedy linked an ingredient used in the hepatitis B vaccine to autism without citing evidence (S2).
Chemotherapy has a failure rate of 97%
Publisher’s rating: Effectiveness of chemotherapy and cancer survival rates vary based on various factors such as disease progression, patient health status, comorbidities, and lifestyle habits. This is a complex issue and cannot be reduced to a simplistic statement.
vitamin C supplementation prevents cold and flu
Publisher’s rating: Vitamin C can’t ward off the flu
Ärzte verwechseln Mpox mit Gürtelrose (Herpes Zoster), die eine Nebenwirkung der Corona-Impfung ist
Publisher’s rating: Unwahrscheinlich. Eine Verwechslung von Mpox mit Gürtelrose kann in Einzelfällen passieren. Ausgebildete Ärzte sollten sie allerdings unterscheiden können. Zudem kann man eine Gürtelrose über einen PCR-Test ausschließen. Eine Gürtelrose ist keine genuine Nebenwirkung der Corona-Impfung, kann allerdings durch Stress und ein geschwächtes Immunsystem ausgelöst werden.
Mikrowellen zerstören alle Nährstoffe im Essen und machen es giftig.
Publisher’s rating: Mikrowellenherde machen Essen nicht «giftig» und sind nicht pauschal schädlicher als andere Erhitzungsmethoden. Sie erhitzen Lebensmittel nur anders als etwa ein Elektroherd oder -backofen. Intakte Geräte sind sehr sicher.
Cadbury dairy milk chocolate is made of animal fats
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False