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FACT CHECK: Are there health benefits to drinking one’s own urine like Morarji Desai did?

Published on : Feb 18, 2025

CLAIM: Drinking your own urine can have multiple health benefits....

: Pallav Vyas
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FACT CHECK: Does consuming fish and milk together cause vitiligo?

Published on : Feb 17, 2025

CLAIM:  Consuming fish and milk together or one after other...

: Allen Joe Mathew 
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FACT CHECK: Industrialist’s viral tweet challenges popular weight loss remedy, experts weigh in

Published on : Feb 17, 2025

Indian industrialist Harsh Goenka has sparked debate over a widely...

: Allen Joe Mathew 
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FACT CHECK: Is beer good for bone health, as claimed by PETA? Experts say no

Published on : Feb 15, 2025

CLAIM: Drinking beer is good for bone health, and can...

: Allen Joe Mathew 
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The perils of online remedies: Did a viral weight-loss cure cost a UP leader his life?

Published on : Feb 15, 2025

Last week, multiple media organisations reported on the death of...

: Sneha Richhariya
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FACT CHECK: Should people reduce 10% of their oil intake as suggested by PM Modi?

Published on : Feb 13, 2025

CLAIM:  Cut down oil intake by 10 percent to improve...

: Allen Joe Mathew 
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FACT CHECK: Can inserting fingers into the mouth treat tonsillitis without medical care?

Published on : Feb 12, 2025

CLAIM: Inserting fingers into the mouth can treat tonsillitis. FACT:...

: Allen Joe Mathew 
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FACT CHECK: Does winter raise BP and heart attack risk for the elderly?

Published on : Feb 11, 2025

First Check received a WhatsApp  tipline request from a reader...

: Allen Joe Mathew 
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FACT CHECK: Is paracetamol really the world’s most dangerous medicine?

Published on : Feb 10, 2025

CLAIM: Paracetamol is the most harmful medicine in the world...

: Allen Joe Mathew 
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Fighting Shadows: A Journey of Strength, Struggles and Survival

Published on : Feb 10, 2025

It was a balmy August afternoon when I found myself...

: Kritika Kamthan
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FACT CHECK – Ivermectin for cancer: A promising drug or premature hype?

Published on : Feb 8, 2025

CLAIM: Ivermectin has 15 powerful anti-cancer mechanisms and can effectively...

: Pallav Vyas
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS): What do we know so far?

Published on : Feb 7, 2025

Pune is currently experiencing a surge in Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)...

: Sneha Richhariya
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FACT CHECK: Are 80% of high blood pressure patients just experiencing ‘white coat syndrome’?

Published on : Feb 6, 2025

Does a patient’s blood pressure rise when visiting a doctor?...

: First Check Team
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How AI tool “DeepMerkel” is improving treatment predictions for aggressive skin cancers

Published on : Feb 6, 2025

In what is being called a major leap forward for...

: Sneha Richhariya
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World Cancer Day: Recent cancer misinformation trends that swept the internet

Published on : Feb 6, 2025

Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide, with...

: Sneha Richhariya
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FACT CHECK: Does Ivermectin harm reproductive health? What studies actually show

Published on : Feb 4, 2025

CLAIM: Ivermectin reduces the ability to conceive and grow babies,...

: Allen Joe Mathew 
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FACT CHECK: Would drinking from plastic bottles make you consume a credit card’s worth of plastic a week?

Published on : Feb 3, 2025

CLAIM:   A viral video suggests drinking from plastic bottles leads...

: Allen Joe Mathew 
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AAP’s Health Report Card: Did the government deliver on its earlier poll promises?

Published on : Feb 1, 2025

New Delhi: As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) gears up...

: Sneha Richhariya
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‘Donald Trump right on US being top WHO contributor, but wrong on China’s contribution’

Published on : Jan 28, 2025

In one of his first orders after assuming office last...

: First Check Team