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A cardiologist called Dr Aseem Malhotra, who we have fact checked before, made unevidenced and misleading claims at the event in Birmingham. Read
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A popular alternative therapy which claims to ‘flush out’ gallstones is not a proven treatment, and research has shown it likely creates the stones it’s meant to remove. Read
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A man in a video saying sunglasses are bad for you makes claims that have no scientific basis. Read
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Claims of sudden disease spikes in US military personnel in 2021 were based on an error in a government database. Read
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The US health secretary has cancelled research into mRNA vaccines, but his reasons seem to be based on bad information about their effectiveness. Read
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Articles published in the Guardian and Telegraph about the results of a recent Royal College of Nursing vote could do with context. Read
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Claims that there was no autism in Vietnam before this century seem to have no basis—and vaccines are proven not to cause autism. Read
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By filtering out the harmful UV rays from sunlight, verified sunglasses protect your eyes and the skin around them, and their use is widely recommended, including by the NHS. Read
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The union representing resident doctors is not asking for an extra 29% on top of this year’s 5.4% pay rise, as the paper reported. The demand is for a 29% rise on last year’s pay. Read
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We look at a misleading claim in an Instagram video about vitamin A and measles. Read
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