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Methodologically flawed cholesterol study from 2016 used to support false claims that high cholesterol increases longevity

“A new study found that 92 percent of people with a high cholesterol level lived longer”

Facebook user, Natural Solutions Magazine

- 16 Mar 2023

“Vitamin B17” is neither a vitamin nor a cancer treatment and can cause cyanide poisoning

Vitamin B17 “was banned by the US because of its cancer-killing properties”

Facebook user, Facebook

- 10 Mar 2023

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CNN article accurately reports an increased risk of heart attack from cannabis use in young people, but lacks context on difference between absolute and relative risk

"Yes, it’s true that the data suggest a “doubling” of risk for cardiac problems in cannabis users, but the article confuses “absolute” risk and “relative” risk. Those..

Washington Times article by Robert Malone and Peter Navarro relies on inaccurate and unsubstantiated claims about virus evolution, vaccine immunity, and COVID-19 vaccine safety

Washington Times

"This article has inaccuracies throughout with a clear view to push an anti-vaccine agenda. The picture depicting a skull with eyes and nose made of coronaviruses in the shape of t..

Misleading Wall Street Journal opinion piece makes the unsubstantiated claim that the U.S. will have herd immunity by April 2021

Wall Street Journal

"The article’s claim that the U.S. is near herd immunity rests on two numbers: 1) the detection of infections by testing (claimed to be 10 – 25 percent) and 2) the infection fa..

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Insights

What we know about the safety of mifepristone for medical abortions and the effectiveness of progesterone for “abortion reversal”

Introduction The World Health Organization considers access to safe and affordable abortion services as important for the good health and well-being of women and girls. Unsafe abor...

Misinformation superspreaders are thriving on Musk-owned Twitter

Key results 1. A study of 490 “misinformation superspreaders” (here defined as accounts that have repeatedly published popular tweets linking to known misinformation) shows tha...