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Will Drinking Water in the Mornings Prevent Heart Attacks and Cure Diseases?

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Snopes Staff
Oct 17, 2010 Claims that certain healthful benefits can be gained by eating or drinking particular items at s ...
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How a Retired Scientist's Questionable 'Institute' Convinced the Internet That Cancer Was Cured

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Alex Kasprak
Sep 6, 2017 The Socrates Institute for Therapeutic Immunology is run from the home of a defiant 92-year-old ...
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Does Everyone with Cancer Have a pH That Is Too Acidic?

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Alex Kasprak
Dec 14, 2016 This premise is rooted in a cherry-picked reading of science, based on information that has not ...
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Cancer, Juries, and Scientific Certainty: The Monsanto Roundup Ruling Explained

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Alex Kasprak
Aug 17, 2018 Juries sometimes render verdicts on scientific questions, but that doesn’t mean their verdict is ...
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Does the Cancer Act of 1939 Make It Illegal to Cure Cancer?

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Alex Kasprak
Jul 18, 2018 The act, which has had all but one of its provisions replaced or repealed, prevents anyone from ...
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Did the National Cancer Institute 'Finally Admit' That Marijuana Kills Cancer?

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Alex Kasprak
Jun 4, 2018 Viral stories falsely suggest that a NIH fact sheet was “quietly” amended to state that cannabis ...
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Do 'Spice Supreme' Products Contain Dangerous, Cancer Causing Chemicals?

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Alex Kasprak
Apr 30, 2018 A California lawsuit alleges high levels of lead in spices manufactured by Spice Supreme’s paren ...
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Has 'JUULing' Caused Cancer in High School and College Students?

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Kim LaCapria
Mar 9, 2018 Use of a JUUL e-cigarette is rumored to have caused cancer in four students.
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Does the 2017 Republican Tax Bill Cut Cancer Treatments for Medicare Patients?

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Arturo Garcia
Dec 4, 2017 The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act does not mention the health care program, but critics say cancer patie ...
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Does Cuba Have a Cancer Vaccine That Has Already Cured Thousands?

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Alex Kasprak
Jul 27, 2017 While a treatment for lung cancer developed in Cuba has entered clinical trials in the United St ...
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Did John McCain Tell a Constituent to 'Move to Another State' for Better Healthcare?

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Dan Evon
Jul 20, 2017 Shortly after news broke that John McCain had been diagnosed with brain cancer, a story surfaced ...
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Did Pastor Scarborough Blame Women's Impure Thoughts for Breast Cancer?

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Kim LaCapria
May 10, 2017 The Witty Liberal Facebook page resurrected a fake news story from early 2016 about the pastor.
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Do E-Cigarettes Really Contain Ten Times the Carcinogens of Tobacco Cigarettes?

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Kim LaCapria
May 3, 2017 According to rumors, a Japanese study found that electronic cigarettes contain far more cancer-c ...
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"Sour Honey' is a Cure for Cancer?

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Alex Kasprak
Apr 10, 2017 While there is a limited amount of science behind some medical claims about bee propolis (market ...
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Are Abortions Linked to an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer?

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Alex Kasprak
Feb 3, 2017 Despite early uncertainty, the weight of scientific evidence and medical consensus is that abort ...
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Does Nutella Contain a Known Carcinogen?

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Snopes Staff
Jan 15, 2017 A number of sensational headlines inaccurately claimed that the popular hazelnut cocoa spread co ...
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Cannabis Kills Cancer Cells in Preclinical Studies

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Dan Evon
Aug 24, 2015
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Scientists Find an Australian Berry That Can Cure Cancer in 48 Hours?

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Alex Kasprak
Dec 7, 2016 A chemical isolated from an obscure Australian berry has shown potential as a tumor-killing agen ...
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WikiLeaks Director Gavin MacFadyen Dies

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Kim LaCapria
Oct 24, 2016 WikiLeaks' director Gavin MacFadyen has died, but he was not "found dead" nor did he pass away u ...
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Cancer-Causing Children’s Snacks Made from Petroleum-Based Products

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Alex Kasprak
Oct 1, 2016 A viral post suggests that your kid’s snacks are laced with cancer-causing petroleum products, b ...
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