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  • Fact Check: Tofu Poultice Does NOT 'Starve' Or 'Get Rid Of' Brain Tumors

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    Does a cold compress of tofu poultice applied to the back of the head "starve" and "get rid of" brain tumors? No, that's not true: While there are health benefits associated with eating tofu, searched for and did not find publicly available credible evidence that external cold tofu compresses applied to the back of the head can "starve" or "get…

    • Jun 23, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Tofu Poultice Does NOT 'Starve' Or 'Get Rid Of' Brain Tumors No Basis
  • Fact Check: Apricot Seeds Do NOT Prevent Cancer, Have NOT Caused Hunza Valley People To 'Never Get Cancer'

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    Do the people of the Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan never get cancer because they consume apricot seeds? No, that's not true: There are recorded cases of cancer among the people of the Hunza Valley that date back several decades and there is no evidence that apricot seeds prevent cancer. In fact, the seeds can actually be harmful. The claim…

    • Jun 14, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Apricot Seeds Do NOT Prevent Cancer, Have NOT Caused Hunza Valley People To 'Never Get Cancer' Can Be Toxic
  • Fact Check: Mel Gibson Is NOT 'Secretly Working On A 4 Part Docu Series' About Child Sex Trafficking Trade

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    Did Mel Gibson start working on a new documentary "exposing the 34 billion dollar global child sex trafficking trade"? No, that's not true: No credible sources confirmed he made such an announcement, and his publicist explicitly denied Gibson's involvement in the alleged project in an email to Lead Stories. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Truth Social…

    • Jun 13, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Mel Gibson Is NOT 'Secretly Working On A 4 Part Docu Series' About Child Sex Trafficking Trade Fact Check: Mel Gibson Is NOT 'Secretly Working On A 4 Part Docu Series' About Child Sex Trafficking Trade Online Rumor
  • Fact Check: No Evidence Cancer-Causing "Green Monkey DNA" Found In mRNA COVID Vaccines

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    Did a legitimate, peer-reviewed study successfully demonstrate that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna were shown to contain simian virus 40 (SV40), a DNA virus that has been linked to certain cancers? No, that's not true: The research in question was not published in a peer-reviewed journal and as such, has not been vetted for accuracy by scientific…

    • Jun 5, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: No Evidence Cancer-Causing "Green Monkey DNA" Found In mRNA COVID Vaccines No Peer Review
  • Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Say 'AIDS-Associated Diseases And Cancers Increased 338x Since Rollout Of The COVID Vaccine'

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    Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that AIDS-associated diseases and cancers have increased by 338 times since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The CDC says there are no indications that COVID vaccines are causing or contributing to these conditions. The public health agency regularly monitors and reports on health conditions including…

    • May 24, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Say 'AIDS-Associated Diseases And Cancers Increased 338x Since Rollout Of The COVID Vaccine' Not Vax-Caused
  • Fact Check: Black Seed Oil, Thymoquinone Do NOT Cure Several Major Diseases

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    Can black seed oil and one of its main compounds, thymoquinone, cure major diseases, including cancer and diabetes? No, that's not true: While some research suggests that black seed may be useful for certain conditions, there isn't sufficient evidence to conclude that any form of black seed is a cure-all. The claim appeared in a reel posted on Facebook on…

    • May 23, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Black Seed Oil, Thymoquinone Do NOT Cure Several Major Diseases Not A Cure-All
  • Fact Check: Raw Vegan Diet Or 'Detox' Does NOT Change Eye Color

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    Do the blue eyes of babies turn brown because of carbon -- and can adult eye color tinted by heavy metals, toxins and diseases be changed by "detoxing" -- by adopting a raw fruit-based vegan diet or using herbs such as contribo? No, that's not true: The color of human eyes is determined by several different genes that affect the…

    • May 18, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Raw Vegan Diet Or 'Detox' Does NOT Change Eye Color Genetics
  • Fact Check: Healthy Liver Does NOT Prevent 'The Spread Of Any Cancer'

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    Does solely maintaining a healthy liver prevent the spread of any cancer in the human body? No, that's not true: A Harvard Cancer Center professor of medical oncology told Lead Stories that this claim is "entirely false." Also, the woman making this claim is an unregistered naturopathic practitioner who has been publicly barred from practicing medicine by Australian health officials…

    • May 17, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Healthy Liver Does NOT Prevent 'The Spread Of Any Cancer' Can't Prevent
  • Fact Check: Gospel Singer Shirley Caesar Had NOT Died As Of May 9, 2023

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    Was Shirley Caesar, a Grammy award-winning gospel singer and celebrated pastor, deceased as of May 9, 2023? No, that's not true: Caesar made at least one public appearance after May 9, 2023. There is also no indication that her health was failing at the time of writing. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) posted on YouTube on May…

    • May 17, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Gospel Singer Shirley Caesar Had NOT Died As Of May 9, 2023 Still Singing
  • Fact Check: Otto Warburg Did NOT Invent 'Oxygen Therapy' -- EWOT NOT Proven To Cure 'Top 200 Diseases In The World'

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    Can exercise with oxygen therapy (EWOT) "cure the top 200 diseases in the world ... by using oxygen and raising people's heart rates," as was discovered by chemist Otto Warburg? No, none of that is true: Warburg was a German scientist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1931 for his findings that cancer cells can survive in the absence…

    • May 11, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Otto Warburg Did NOT Invent 'Oxygen Therapy' -- EWOT NOT Proven To Cure 'Top 200 Diseases In The World' Not A Cure
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