Medical claims, wellness fads, and what the evidence actually supports.
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In acupuncture assessment for migraine, practitioners evaluate a patient's body balance using methods such as pulse reading, tongue observation, and physical examination to identify patterns of imbalance.
NOT BS
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Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners assess a person's health status by using pulse diagnosis, tongue observation, and physical examination to identify patterns of imbalance.
HARDLY BS
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Kūmarahou does not have universally agreed dosage guidelines.
NOT BS
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Triptans are taken during a migraine attack, not before or after it.
HARDLY BS
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Kūmarahou (Pomaderris kumeraho) does not kill bacteria and is not an antibacterial agent.
TOTAL BS
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Living Cell Technologies conducted clinical trials in New Zealand in which islet cells from Auckland Island pigs were transplanted into eight patients with type 1 diabetes.
HARDLY BS
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In 2011, there were 400 people on the transplant waiting list in New Zealand.
HARDLY BS
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In New Zealand, having fewer than 9 deceased organ donors per million people results in hundreds of patients dying each year while waiting for organ transplants.
TOTAL BS
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There is a real, documented organ shortage crisis.
NOT BS
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Pigs are currently the generally accepted source species for xenotransplantation into humans due to their physiological similarity to humans and the ability to scale production.
NOT BS
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The study described in PubMed Central article PMC12952596 was a randomized clinical trial with a sample of 212 adults.
SOME BS
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Most digestive enzymes produced by the small-intestinal wall are bound to the apical (brush-border) cell membrane of intestinal epithelial cells rather than being freely secreted into the intestinal lumen.
NOT BS
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The human gut microbiome produces enough neurotransmitters to directly influence human personality traits and temperament.
TOTAL BS
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The gut-brain axis is a real biological communication system between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain.
NOT BS
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A cohort study of 382 adults younger than 60 years old, assessed 3 months after a first myocardial infarction and followed for 20 years, found that participants in the highest tertile of interleukin-6 had a 2.70-fold higher risk of…
SOME BS
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A prospective Fudan University study of 724 patients with recent myocardial infarction found that soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) was an independent predictor of long-term major adverse cardiac events, reporting an unadjusted…
NOT BS
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Among patients 12 months after ST-elevation myocardial infarction, those with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels greater than 26.4 mg/L had a 12% rate of major adverse cardiovascular events, compared with a 4% rate among those…
HARDLY BS
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Eating chocolate cures depression.
TOTAL BS
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Drinking coffee stains teeth yellow.
HARDLY BS
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In humans, taste buds that detect sweetness are concentrated at the tip of the tongue.
TOTAL BS
No checks match that verdict.