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Did a new study find smoking marijuana causes "complete remission" in patients with Crohn's disease and did it do all that without side effects? No, that's not exactly true: the "new" study dates back from 2013, it only compared 11 cannabis-smoking patients with 10 non-cannabis smoking patients (since it was just a limited pilot study) and while there were indeed…

Does a scientific study conclude that ginger is 10,000 times more effective at killing cancer than chemotherapy? No, that's not true: It is a gross misrepresentation of research that involved using with a ginger extract on mice in a lab and certain types of cancer cells in a culture dish. The studies in 2009 and 2015 have not been replicated…

Can apple cider vinegar shrink your tumors and destroy your cancer cells? No, that's not true: It is a false health claim disputed by medical experts and unsupported by scientific research. While acidic acids are known to destroy cultured cancer cells when they are poured directly onto them in a laboratory dish, an IV infusion of apple cider vinegar could…

Did a scientific study conclude that women with "big butts" have smarter children? No, that's not true: It is a misleading simplification of a review of several studies more than a decade old of the role that lower-body fat plays in women's health and the pre-natal development of her children. One study does find a woman's "waist-to-hip ratio" is a…

Is Kamala Harris not an American Black considering that her parents are Indian and Jamaican and was she lying when she said she was part of the second class to be integrated at her elementary school? No, neither is true: While racial definitions in the United States are controversial, the federal government's definition of "Black or African American" includes persons…

Did a new study find a link between drinking tequila and losing weight? No, that's not true: a 2014 study by Dr. Mercedes G. López that looked at the effect on mice being fed the sugars found in agave fruit (from which tequila is made) has been widely misinterpreted to mean that tequila helps you to lose weight. But the…

Did new research say drinking wine is more important than excercise for living past 90? No, that's not true: the study is not new and it says the exact opposite. But an article making the claim recently went viral, the latest in a long line of stories incorrectly reporting on the study. The story went viral again via an article…

Did a Milwaukee, Wisconsin man named Martin Sanders lose 200 pounds by drinking menstrual blood? No, that's not true: the story about the bizarre and disgusting weight loss method was invented by a Canadian website that creates stories about weird crimes, bizarre sex acts and other strange events but purely for entertainment purposes. The entire thing was made up, it…

Will methamphetamines become legal in Haralson County, Georgia by the end of 2018? No, that's not true: the only site spreading that news is a prank website where somebody uploaded a two sentence joke article. It is not real. The story originated from an article published on Channel24News on July 10, 2018 titled "Meth to be legalized in haralson county…

Was a 43-year-old man from Kabwe, Zambia named Mwamba Tembo arrested after boasting of losing 280 pounds on a "cannibal diet"? No, that's not true, the story was made up by a website that invents fake stories about bizarre crimes and sex acts for entertainment purposes. It did not happen for real. The cannibal story originated from an article published…