The AAD says red light can trigger hyperpigmentation in darker skin.
Claim:
The American Academy of Dermatology warns that red-light therapy may cause hyperpigmentation in people with darker skin tones.
NOT BS
Health
Medical claims, wellness fads, and what the evidence actually supports.
Red-light therapy can trigger hyperpigmentation in susceptible users or at high doses.
Claim:
Red-light therapy causes dark spots on the skin.
SOME BS
Long-term carnivore-diet safety and health benefits remain unestablished.
Claim:
A carnivore diet is healthy in the long term.
TOTAL BS
Cold showers can improve selected outcomes, though broad benefits remain uncertain.
Claim:
Taking cold showers provides health benefits.
HARDLY BS
Processed and heavily smoked meats are linked to higher cancer risk.
Claim:
Eating smoked foods increases the risk of cancer in humans.
HARDLY BS
No canonical source identifies Zoey as having diabetes.
Claim:
Zoey, a character in the film KPop Demon Hunters, has diabetes.
TOTAL BS
Common medical conditions and medication burden can elevate PHQ-9 scores to 10+.
Claim:
Numerous medical conditions and polypharmacy (use of multiple medications) combinations, many of which are common, can contribute to Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores of 10 or higher.
NOT BS
Low iron, vitamin B12/folate, or vitamin D can cause depression-like symptoms.
Claim:
Low vitamin B levels, low vitamin D levels, and low iron levels can contribute to symptoms that may be mistaken for depression.
NOT BS
Several PHQ-9 symptoms, like fatigue and sleep changes, can stem from medical conditions.
Claim:
Symptoms assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) can overlap with symptoms caused by other health conditions.
NOT BS
A PHQ-9 score of 10 or higher indicates a positive depression screen.
Claim:
A Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score of 10 or higher indicates that clinical depression is present.
MOSTLY BS
Available evidence does not show suicide deaths increase after medical transition.
Claim:
Transgender people are more likely to die by suicide after medically transitioning than before transitioning.
TOTAL BS
Fauci’s closest documented $1 million was a 2021 prize, netting about $900,000.
Claim:
Anthony Fauci received $1,000,000 in compensation during the period when 1,000,000 people in the United States died from COVID-19.
MOSTLY BS
Genetic liability raises childhood conduct-problem risk, but individual genetic causation can’t be quantified.
Claim:
In an 8-year-old child, inherited genetic liability to externalizing or conduct problems increases the probability of repeated rule-breaking behavior (including theft), but the magnitude of the genetic contribution to that individual…
NOT BS
No reliable clinical evidence shows strawberry milk increases adult women’s breast size.
Claim:
Drinking strawberry milk increases women's breast size.
TOTAL BS
Court records show pregnant women drank radioactive iron “vitamin” cocktails and fetal placental uptake was measured.
Claim:
Documents describe experiments in which pregnant women were given radioactive "vitamin drinks" to measure how quickly radioisotopes crossed the placenta into fetuses.
HARDLY BS
Kinesiology tape can modestly improve short-term pain or function versus sham.
Claim:
Kinesiology tape improves patient recovery outcomes in some cases more than a placebo.
HARDLY BS
Aromatase deficiency is a rare genetic disorder caused by CYP19A1 mutations.
Claim:
Smoking in women can cause aromatase deficiency.
TOTAL BS
Human evidence shows sodium intake changes do not alter women’s estrone or estradiol levels.
Claim:
Excessive dietary salt intake lowers estrogen levels in women.
TOTAL BS
Copper surfaces intrinsically kill many bacteria via contact-mediated antimicrobial action.
Claim:
Copper surfaces kill bacteria through contact (without additional disinfectants).
NOT BS
In egg-bound ducks, retained eggs can block feces and cause rapid decline.
Claim:
In ducks with egg binding, inability to lay an egg and inability to pass feces can occur simultaneously and the duck’s condition can rapidly worsen.
NOT BS
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