Quackbase!
A database that tracks dubious medical claims.
Claims
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| Claim # | Claimant | Claim date ↑ | Forum | Type | Condition | Plausibility | Responses | Description |
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| 74 | Microbasics (Immutides) | Aug. 24, 2012 | Website | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 0 |
Microbasics sells an untested treatment for HIV that they call Immutides.
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| 73 | Nativa (RadiCAL) | June 1, 2012 | Advert in Juice (Mango Airlines magazine) | Boosts | Immune system | Untested | 0 |
Nativa claims that their product, RadiCAL, is good for bones, boosts the immune system, counters opportunistic infections and gives additional energy
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| 72 | Topline Innovations (Rayma Bracelet) | May 14, 2012 | Website | Alleviates | Pain | Untested and implausible | 1 |
This company claims its bracelet offers relief from pain, arthritis and other ailments.
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| 64 | Omega 48 (Omega Herbal48) | March 21, 2012 | Website | Treats | Almost anything; (including Cancers; Diabetes; HIV & AIDS) | Untested and implausible | 0 |
The product is claimed to be designed "for the purposes of eliminating bacterial and parasitic born diseases" and "serves as a powerful antiseptic, bacteria killer and virucide"
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| 63 | Omega 48 (Omega Herbal48) | March 18, 2012 | Advert in the Sunday Times | Alleviates | Almost anything; (including Cancers; Diabetes; HIV & AIDS) | Untested and implausible | 0 |
The advert makes an absurd claim to be "the ultimate herbal solution"
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| 62 | BodyDetox (Body Detox) | March 16, 2012 | Website | Detoxes | Kidneys | Untested and implausible | 0 |
This company claims its products detoxify various organs in the human body.
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| 61 | Solal Technologies (Solal Stress Damage Control) | Feb. 14, 2012 | Advert in Cape Times | Protects | Heart Disease | Tests are disputed or inconclusive | 1 |
The advert suggests the product protects the heart and brain from stress damage
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| 65 | Pharma Natura PTY (Ltd) (Pharma Natura "Plus Range" ) | Feb. 1, 2012 | Website | Supports | Cardiovascular Health | Untested and implausible | 1 |
The website makes several unsupported and implausilbe claims
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| 69 | Pharma Natura PTY (Ltd) (Vitaforce Generics) | Feb. 1, 2012 | Website | Treats | Immune system | Untested and implausible | 1 |
The website pamphlet makes a significant number of unsupportable clais
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| 70 | Pharma Natura PTY (Ltd) (Vitaforce Lifestages) | Feb. 1, 2012 | Website | Promotes | Vitality | Untested and implausible | 1 |
The Web advert makes a number of unsupportable claims about the vitamin products
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| 71 | Clicks | Feb. 1, 2012 | Store Pamphlet | Analyses | Adrenal Fatigue | Implausible | 1 |
The pamphlet describes a condition which is not recognised by any health authority in the world
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| 67 | Health Matters (Fat Burn) | Dec. 9, 2011 | Advert in Mail & Guardian | Reduces | Weight | Untested and implausible | 1 |
The advert claims to the product is a 4-in-1 weight loss solution
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| 68 | Health Matters (Immune Restore Optimal Health Supplements) | Dec. 9, 2011 | Advert in Mail & Guardian | Reduces | HIV Viral Load | Untested and implausible | 1 |
The advert claims to reduce Viral load, restore optimal health, improve CD4 Count
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| 60 | Health Inc | Nov. 20, 2011 | Website | Boosts | Immune system | Implausible | 0 |
Dr Botha of Health Inc claims to boost the immune system of HIV-positive patients
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| 59 | Synagogue Church of All Nations (anointing water) | Oct. 20, 2011 | YouTube video | Cures | back pain, leg pain and high blood pressure | Untested and implausible | 0 |
SCOAN international claims to 'pray away HIV'. A branch opperates in Cape Town claiming to heal chronic pain with annointing water.
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| 57 | The Greenhouse | Sept. 15, 2011 | Website | Identifies and treats | obstacles to cure chronic illess | Untested and implausible | 0 |
www.greenhousehealth.com makes a range of outlandish claims about alternative medicine as a treatment for chronic illness
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| 56 | Rory Jean Jacques | Sept. 12, 2011 | Groupon Advert | Analyses | None | Untested and implausible | 0 |
Rory Jean-Jacques offers blood anayses to diagnose a range of illness
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| 55 | Medical Mineral Solution (Miracle Mineral Solution) | Sept. 4, 2011 | Website | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 1 |
It was claimed on the website http://www.mms-africa.co.za/ that Miracle Mineral Solution boosts the immune system and is able to treat a number of bacterial and viral conditions including HIV and ... Read more |
| 53 | Bioptron Light Therapy System (Bioptron 2) | Aug. 29, 2011 | Website | Treats | Herpes Simplex | Untested and implausible | 0 |
This company sells extremely expensive devices that are essentially just glorified lights. The company claims its devices are complementary treatments for a range of illnesses.
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| 52 | La Beautique | Aug. 27, 2011 | Groupon Advert | Prevents | Aging | Untested and implausible | 0 |
La Beautique claims that galvanic ultrasonic wave treatment can be used as an anti-aging device
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