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Chain Saws Were Invented to Help in Childbirth?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
July 6, 2024 The early prototypes of chain saws were a far cry from the mechanized versions used to fell tree ...
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Vaseline Inventor Ate Spoonful of Petroleum Jelly Every Day?

Written by:
Caroline Wazer
July 4, 2024 Some claim the product's inventor, Robert A. Chesebrough, also cured himself of pleurisy with Va ...
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Cesarean Sections Are So Named Because Julius Caesar Was Born That Way?

Written by:
Jack Izzo
May 16, 2024 This claim has been around since at least the 16th century. That doesn't necessarily mean it's true.
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Real 'More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette' Vintage Ad?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
April 7, 2024 "Doctors advertised camels as healthy and then the science showed that cigarettes cause cancer," ...
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Was a California Fertility Doctor Arrested for 'Snorting Embryos'?

Written by:
Jack Izzo
Nov. 21, 2023 The article's outlandish headline might have garnered clicks, but it also should have set off so ...
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Some Civil War Soldiers' Wounds Glowed in the Dark?

Written by:
Jack Izzo
Oct. 26, 2023 As the story goes, they noticed their wounds emitting a so-called "angel's glow."
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Did Anthropologist Margaret Mead Say the 'First Sign of Civilization' Is a Healed Femur?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
July 28, 2023 The dubious anecdote has proliferated on the internet and in books for decades.
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Is This a Real 'More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette' Vintage Ad?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
July 1, 2023 "You'll enjoy Camels for the same reason so many doctors enjoy them," a viral image read.
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Dr. Walter Freeman performs a lobotomy using an instrument resembling an ice pick.

Were Lobotomies Performed with Ice Picks in the 1950s?

Written by:
David Emery
Jan. 21, 2023 No matter how you slice it, this obsolete form of "psychiatric treatment" was a horror.
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Is Tamiflu Causing Increased Deaths from Flu?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Feb. 14, 2018 Tamiflu is not responsible for the high number of flu season deaths, even if its potential rare ...
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What Does the Effect of a Bullet Fired From an AR-15 Look Like?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
June 15, 2018 Photographs shared widely on social media offer an incomplete explanation of the kinds of damage ...
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Finnish Researchers Set to Start Type 1 Diabetes Vaccine Trials?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
July 21, 2017 Scientists at Finnish universities are targeting a strand of viruses linked to Type 1 diabetes, ...
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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?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 24, 2012 The purported quote reads, "If the people let the government decide what foods they eat and what ...
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