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Several posts claim that studies prove that coriander removes varying percentages of heavy metals from the body. This is not the case. Read
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The five-year tirzepatide trial is being funded in full by a pharmaceutical company called Lilly, not the taxpayer. Read
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A video warning against microwaves falsely claims that they are killing people because they ‘pull everything out of the food’ and all the waves get inside your body and damage cells Read
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An interactive report available on the NHS England website claims to show the number of patients awaiting treatment, but uses figures for the number of cases instead. Read
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Graphs showing “data for 2023-24” posted by the UKHSA on X aren’t actually based on real data. Read
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The health service acted quickly after Full Fact brought its attention to a mistake in the calculation of the number of people on the waiting list. Read
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It doesn’t include the junior doctors’ strikes in the summer of 2024, and the overall cost would include a range of other factors. Read
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Despite claims on social media, vaccines are generally a safe and effective way to protect children from potentially fatal diseases. Read
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Claims of a cheap cancer cure resurfaced on social media, but fenbendazole is not a recognised treatment for cancer. Read
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A poll from Prostate Cancer Research asked black people about “you or a loved one”, so we can’t say it tells us about their own experiences of prostate cancer testing. Read
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