Health
Medical claims, wellness fads, and what the evidence actually supports.
Topical vitamin C application improves skin outcomes even in people who already have adequate vitamin C levels.
MOSTLY BS
Consuming vitamins or other micronutrients (for example, vitamin C) at doses above healthy or recommended levels provides additional measurable health benefits.
TOTAL BS
In adolescent health promotion, the use of student-produced public artifacts as a learning and dissemination mechanism draws on the PhotoVoice tradition described by Caroline Wang and Mary Ann Burris (1997) and the peer education tradition described by Graham Turner and Jonathan Shepherd (1999).
HARDLY BS
Adolescents aged 16–18 are still developing the capacity for systematic deliberative reasoning, which makes them disproportionately susceptible to cognitive heuristics and biases including the gambler's fallacy, the illusion of control in games of chance, and optimism bias.
MOSTLY BS
Ladouceur et al. (2004) used interactive classroom activities to correct erroneous gambling cognitions, including the gambler's fallacy and the illusion of control, among secondary school students.
SOME BS
The Hungarian National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYÉI) estimated in 2023 that roughly 12% of Hungarian secondary school students engage in some form of online betting monthly.
MOSTLY BS
In 2021, the International Labour Organization stated that fishing has high rates of occupational accidents and work-related mortality compared with other productive activities, especially in artisanal fishing where informality predominates and labor protection systems are very limited.
HARDLY BS
Warburg-effect-related metabolic changes in cancer generate measurable biomarkers, including glucose and lactate, that can be used in cancer diagnostic strategies.
HARDLY BS
In Mexico, cancer accounts for approximately 14% of annual deaths.
SOME BS
People need to drink extra water to compensate for dehydration caused by drinking coffee.
TOTAL BS
Most existing approaches to reducing academic procrastination focus primarily on either improving study environments or developing individual self-regulation skills, rather than combining both approaches.
NOT BS
Environmental factors such as lighting, air quality, physical comfort, and distractions can influence concentration and academic performance.
NOT BS
Academic procrastination is common among university students.
NOT BS
Sugar deficiency increases testosterone levels in men.
TOTAL BS
Reducing dietary intake of added sugar increases testosterone levels in men.
MOSTLY BS
Hantaviruses can be transmitted to humans through inhalation of aerosolized particles from infected rodent urine, droppings, or saliva.
NOT BS
Based on an oral LD50 greater than 2000 mg/kg body weight, EJUPAX is classified under the Globally Harmonized System as acute oral toxicity Category 5 with hazard statement H303 ("May be harmful if swallowed").
TOTAL BS
Some controlled studies report no statistically significant adult mosquito mortality from citronella-based repellents.
MOSTLY BS
Citronella oil has adulticidal effects on adult mosquitoes, other flying insects, and cockroaches.
MOSTLY BSNo checks match that verdict.