Anemia remains a major public health problem in Peru, especially among children under five.
Claim:
Anemia is one of the most prevalent public health problems in Peru, especially among children under 5 years old.
NOT BS
Health
Medical claims, wellness fads, and what the evidence actually supports.
Cognitive and developmental factors like IQ, language, and executive function best predict academic success in autistic learners.
Claim:
For learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a well-structured educational environment characterized by predictability and smooth transitions is the strongest predictor of both short-term and long-term academic success.
TOTAL BS
Evidence for Suggestopedia is limited, inconsistent, and not broadly generalizable.
Claim:
Suggestopedia is an effective teaching method for improving learning outcomes.
MOSTLY BS
Vitamin D and vitamin K support bone health via separate, complementary roles.
Claim:
Vitamin K helps vitamin D absorption for bone health.
MOSTLY BS
Small human studies show boron can raise serum magnesium and reduce urinary loss.
Claim:
Boron helps with magnesium metabolism in humans.
HARDLY BS
Person-to-person hantavirus spread is mainly linked to Andes virus after symptom onset.
Claim:
Hantavirus infection can be transmitted from an infected person to other people during the incubation period.
TOTAL BS
Hantaviruses usually spread from rodents, with rare person-to-person Andes virus transmission.
Claim:
A person infected with hantavirus transmits the virus to an average of three other people.
TOTAL BS
SARS-CoV-2 spread efficiently between people, while hantavirus is usually rodent-to-human.
Claim:
Hantavirus is less infectious than SARS-CoV-2 was during the 2019–2020 COVID-19 outbreak.
NOT BS
HIV spreads through blood, semen, vaginal/rectal fluids, and breast milk.
Claim:
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids.
HARDLY BS
HIV infects and damages CD4+ T cells, weakening immune defenses.
Claim:
Human immunodeficiency virus attacks the human immune system.
NOT BS
AIDS is the formally recognized acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
Claim:
The acronym "AIDS" stands for "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome".
NOT BS
Hepatitis C is a viral infection of the liver.
Claim:
Hepatitis C is a liver infection.
NOT BS
HIV is the standard abbreviation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Claim:
The abbreviation "HIV" stands for "Human Immunodeficiency Virus".
NOT BS
Technostress is psychological stress or strain arising from using ICTs.
Claim:
Technostress is psychological stress caused by the use of information and communication technologies.
NOT BS
Moderate daily coffee consumption is generally associated with neutral or beneficial health outcomes.
Claim:
Daily coffee consumption, when the coffee is consumed at least 8 hours before bedtime, is bad for health.
TOTAL BS
Medical and scientific studies have documented cancerous tumors in sharks.
Claim:
Sharks do not get cancer.
TOTAL BS
Topical vitamin C shows little added skin uptake or benefit in vitamin C–replete people.
Claim:
Topical vitamin C application improves skin outcomes even in people who already have adequate vitamin C levels.
MOSTLY BS
In non-deficient people, high-dose vitamin supplementation generally offers no added benefit.
Claim:
Consuming vitamins or other micronutrients (for example, vitamin C) at doses above healthy or recommended levels provides additional measurable health benefits.
TOTAL BS
PhotoVoice is rooted in Wang and Burris (1997), and peer education in Turner and Shepherd (1999).
Claim:
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…
HARDLY BS
Most 16–18-year-olds show adult-like reasoning, but psychosocial control is still maturing.
Claim:
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…
MOSTLY BS
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