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A social media video listing the “only four main causes of acid reflux” doesn’t actually list the chief causes. Some listed aren’t causes at all. Read
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Claims government spending on private healthcare companies is double GP services aren’t quite right, as non-NHS healthcare spend figures also include money for charities and local councils. Read
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A social media video features claims about sungazing, including that staring at the sun won’t harm the eyes or cause blindness. This is false. Read
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A social media post with over 100,000 shares claims tap water is “the most underrated cause of disease”—but tap water in the UK is strictly regulated to keep it safe. Read
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A video about parasites from the 1990s has resurfaced on social media. But the claims made about worm infection symptoms and blood results aren’t accurate. Read
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A Times column claimed the NHS in England paid more than double its £3 billion maternity budget in maternity clinical negligence payments. But last year these payments totalled just £1.1 billion. Read
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An uncertain statistical finding in a single study is heavily outweighed by a large body of evidence showing that the Covid vaccines reduce your chance of severe Covid. Read
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Apparently contradictory research from Labour and the Times suggests that either 121,000 or 340,000 people died while waiting for treatment in England last year. Read
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A poll by Blood Pressure UK suggests that most 30-50s don’t know their blood pressure—but other evidence suggests that it won’t be high in most cases. Read
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The paper has corrected its claim that 2.8 billion people die of obesity each year, with the real figure being in millions. Read
