Health Feedback

Scientists from around the world sorting fact from fiction in health media coverage.
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1/Why are detox juices so popular? Influencers across social media platforms claim that parasites are common and that regular detoxes with juices or alternative medicine are needed. 🧃 #DetoxMyth #PublicHealth

[John Barbieri, MD, MBA @DrJohnBarbieri]

The potential for benzoyl peroxide to break down into benzene, particularly when exposed to high temperatures, is concerning. However, we need complete data transparency from Valisure (e.g. appropriate storage conditions) and we also need to be thoughtful about absolute risk.

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Reports of high levels of #benzene —a cancer-causing chemical— in skincare products have generated concern and fear
But the viral claim that these products can cause cancer isn’t substantiated by evidence.
We explain why.

Reviewed w/ @DrJohnBarbieri
https://t.co/kfzuKafzLk

[(((Dorit Reiss))) @doritmi]

#Vaccines don’t cause autism; and the difference in infant mortality rates between Japan and the U.S. unrelated to childhood vaccine coverage https://t.co/OLCs6dLtet via @HealthFeedback

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“Disease X” has sparked a number of conspiracy theories, such as the imminent arrival of a new, man-made pandemic

In reality, it merely refers to a possible pathogen of pandemic potential that may emerge

Learn more about it and pandemic preparedness: https://t.co/nyCf5TfiXk

[Ian M Mackay, PhD (he/him) @MackayIM]

Epidemiological data refutes the claim that polio is renamed to hide the disease and the polio vaccine doesn’t work https://t.co/zihTDicSBv via @HealthFeedback

[Elisabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest]

A retraction for @raoult_didier @IHU_Marseille by @BioMedCentral Microbiology.
This paper is one of 35 using the same institutional approval number, but lacking the required CPP (French IRB) ethics approval.
HT: @SmutClyde
https://t.co/ffjvuFzygu
https://t.co/lOdrgB88cW

[NewsGuard @NewsGuardRating]

New: NewsGuard found ads for dozens of major brands unintentionally appearing below viral posts on X advancing false or egregiously misleading claims about the Israel-Hamas war

https://t.co/Je4RA42Htq

[Viki Male @VikiLovesFACS]

@RetsefL The paper you’re quoting shows that the trace amounts of vaccine found in some people’s breast milk up to 48h post-vaccination (and which we have known about since 2021) is not functional.

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The X/Twitter account LeadingReport has served as the springboard into virality for false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines
This investigation identifies its owners & uncovers their history of spreading misinformation
https://t.co/NupsOtGUqC

[Richard Vadon @richardvadon]

@AlastairMcA30 @thebadstats I’m the editor of BBC’s stats programme @BBCMoreOrLess he deleted the video shortly after I phoned him to tell him we were planning an item on his video. https://t.co/yOzWMv6Gpb First item on the show.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

The discoveries by Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman – awarded the 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine – were critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 during the pandemic that began in early 2020.

Through their groundbreaking findings, this year’s laureates have fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system. They have contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.

[Rachel Schraer @rachelschraer]

Russell Brand built a new fanbase on YouTube in recent years, primed to mistrust the mainstream and come to his defence. A seductive soup of half-truths, real concerns and falsehoods gained him this much larger audience https://t.co/O61s8qJDul

[European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) @eurofactcheck]

Disinformation is not Journalism, very much the opposite! Do not open doors for those who disguise themselves as Media to publish lies.

Let’s push big tech to do more against disinformation, not less.

#RejectMediaExemption #RejectArticle17 #emfa

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[(((Dorit Reiss))) @doritmi]

Claim by Brian Hooker that unvaccinated children are healthier compared to vaccinated children relies on flawed studies and ignores other studies. #vaccines https://t.co/gLEOFWkZ0l via @HealthFeedback

[Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ @Revkin]

Yes to this critique of @joerogan's #debatebobby call from @drskyskull:

"In order for a debate to actually be worthwhile, both participants must be sincerely dedicated to finding the truth; if one side is not committed to the truth, they will have an advantage, because it is much easier to spout falsehoods than it is to refute them."

Resonates with @AndrewDessler's latest post on the debating science (as distinct from policy), and he makes this valuable added point about the goals of those committed to a cause more than the truth (climate context): "It’s important to understand that the contrarian may not even be trying to win the debate. Rather, the goal of those opposed to climate policy is often to merely establish the existence of a debate and use this to argue that 'more research is needed'." https://t.co/rSCADCoeRM

Also read @BrandyZadrozny's disturbing look at @RobertKennedyJr's presidential-race logic: "The conspiracy candidate: What RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine crusade could look like in the White House" https://t.co/dekkQcC1KF

[Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea]

Whether the topic is:

- Climate change
- GMOs
- Nuclear power
- Vaccines
- Homeopathy
- Astronomy
- Evolution
- or Covid-19...

...People who disagree most with the scientific consensus know less about the topic, but they think they know more.

https://t.co/Onk6CUKVIH

[Health Nerd @GidMK]

This review into masks, which started the bizarre myth that face masks cause Long COVID, has just been retracted

https://t.co/x7GSh3meyD

[Greg Tucker-Kellogg (gtuckerkellogg.bsky.social) @gtuckerkellogg]

Request for help: I've devoted my @YouTube channel to fighting misinformation, but YouTube wrongly removed a video of mine (and rejected the appeal in less time than it would take to view the video itself) claiming it was *promoting* medical misinformation. @TeamYouTube 1/3