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Did This Cough Syrup Really Contain Morphine and Weed?

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Alex Kasprak
May 18, 2023 "One Night Cough Syrup" was reportedly flying off the shelves in the late 1800s.
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Critical-care patients in the emergency polio ward at Haynes Memorial Hospital in Boston in August 1955.

Virologist: Here's What You Should Know About Polio In the US

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The Conversation
Sept. 8, 2022 Reports of an unvaccinated man in New York contracting the disease surfaced in July 2022, and pu ...
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Sugar Causes Hyperactivity in Children?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 3, 2024 This idea has circulated in the United States since the 1970s.
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Suit, Clothing, Coat

Did Dr. Oz Win the Nobel Prize in Medicine?

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Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 19, 2022 ... For a “memory drug”?
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This painting of Thomas Jefferson was created by Rembrandt Peale and is hosted by Wikimedia Commons.

Did Thomas Jefferson Warn About the Dangers of Governmental Interference In Medicine?

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David Mikkelson
July 25, 2012 The purported quote reads, "If the people let the government decide what foods they eat and what ...
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Federal Trade Commission to Begin Challenging Homeopathic Medicine on Efficacy

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Alex Kasprak
Nov. 21, 2016 The Federal Trade Commission will be requiring homeopathic medicine to explicitly state the scie ...
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Are Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin 'Game Changers' in Fight Against COVID-19?

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Alex Kasprak
March 25, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump presented the results of an extremely limited study to suggest a lar ...
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An ad says, "Seniors May Qualify For $900 to Cover Groceries Thanks to the "Healthy Allowance" Program." The ad says "Misleading" over it.

No, Standard Medicare Doesn't Cover 'Grocery Benefit Programs'

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 26, 2023 Watch out for ads claiming you get hundreds of dollars in groceries a month.
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Did US Sen. Graham Say Trump Knows More Than CDC About Medicine?

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Dan Evon
March 2, 2020 The senator defended President Donald Trump's handling of the new coronavirus outbreak, but he d ...
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Did a Texas Teacher Named Heather Holland Die Because She Couldn't Afford Flu Medicine?

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David Emery
Feb. 12, 2018 The 38-year-old's death from complications of influenza became an internet cause célèbre after i ...
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Did These GOP Politicians Propose or Endorse 'Sunsetting' Social Security and Medicare?

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Alex Kasprak
Feb. 10, 2023 Rick Scott, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, Lindsay Graham, and Joni Ernst have each been the subject of ...
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Did Trump Vow to 'Terminate' Social Security?

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Dan MacGuill
Aug. 10, 2020 The president articulated several different plans for payroll taxes during a press conference at ...
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Do Seniors on Social Security Have to Pay for Medicare While 'Illegal Immigrants' Get It Free?

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Bethania Palma
June 19, 2019 It's a familiar trope on the internet but remains factually challenged.
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Medicare at Age 76

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David Mikkelson
April 15, 2014 Obamacare does not require that patients 76 and older must be admitted to the hospital by their ...
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Medicare Handbook for 2015

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David Mikkelson
Nov. 2, 2014 Is the government deliberately withholding information on 2015 Medicare premiums until after the ...
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Medicare and Guns

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David Mikkelson
March 26, 2012 Medicare regulations do not require that doctors ask patients whether they own guns.
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New Medicare Card Telephone Scam

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Dan MacGuill
Feb. 28, 2018 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are not calling senior citizens and asking for personal in ...
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Texas to Permit Medicinal and Recreational Marijuana Use

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David Mikkelson
Sept. 21, 2014 Texas has legalized the use of marijuana for treating a form of epilepsy, but not for other medi ...
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Poster, Advertisement, Flyer

Is the Oodhu Paavai Medicinal Plant Real?

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Dan Evon
Sept. 29, 2021 Plants, as far as we know, don't produce orchestral instrument sounds.
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Did Canada Legalize the Medicinal Use of Cocaine?

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Snopes Staff
Oct. 4, 2019 A routine review of content labeled satire.
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