Medical claims, wellness fads, and what the evidence actually supports.
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The diagnostic literature on autism describes autistic people who are frequently devastated by accidentally breaking social rules they were trying hard to follow.
MOSTLY BS
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As of May 5, 2026, psychological interventions (including cognitive behavioral therapy, stress-management training, or mindfulness-based programs) improve longevity-related biomarkers (including blood pressure, inflammatory markers, or…
SOME BS
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Community-based interventions are effective in promoting mental health outcomes.
HARDLY BS
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As of May 5, 2026, community-based health interventions increase life expectancy in the general adult population.
MOSTLY BS
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Lifters focused on hypertrophy benefit more from higher training volumes than from lower training volumes.
HARDLY BS
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Most recreational resistance-training participants underestimate the total training volume they can tolerate and adapt to.
TOTAL BS
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As of May 4, 2026, resistance training performed at longer muscle lengths with greater training volume is more likely to produce greater skeletal muscle hypertrophy than resistance training performed at shorter muscle lengths and/or with…
HARDLY BS
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Approximately 40% of maternal deaths were prevented as a result of family planning efforts.
SOME BS
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Nearly all modern commercially available foods can be consumed in a healthy way as part of a normocaloric, well-balanced diet.
SOME BS
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Lat pulldowns are superior to lat prayers for lat hypertrophy.
MOSTLY BS
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Using ChatGPT causes a person's brain to deteriorate.
TOTAL BS
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In men, testosterone secretion is highest in the morning, making male aggression highest in the morning.
MOSTLY BS
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Each year, millions of people undergoing infertility treatment use assisted reproductive technology (ART), and most of those people do not have a live birth.
HARDLY BS
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During long-term storage, traditional Chinese medicinal materials can undergo storage-related processes (including oxidation, hydrolysis, moisture absorption, and microbial contamination) that continuously change their…
HARDLY BS
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, including fluoxetine, have an influence on blood count parameters.
NOT BS
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There are established stages for implementing relaxation therapy in counseling practice.
NOT BS
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Human coronavirus NL63 primarily causes respiratory tract infections.
NOT BS
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A 2012 Greenpeace investigation found that every tested sample of Lipton tea was contaminated with between 3 and 17 different pesticides per bag, including some banned in the European Union and China.
MOSTLY BS
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Drinking raw milk causes a person's voice to become deeper.
TOTAL BS
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Researchers have developed a synthetic, light-activated technology that can stop severe bleeding in seconds by mimicking and accelerating the body's natural coagulation process.
SOME BS
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