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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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| 32 | Solal Technologies | Aug. 26, 2010 | Advert in The Star | Vitamin D | functions as a vaccine | Untested and implausible | 3 |
Solal placed an advert in The Star claiming that Vitamin D is as effective as a vaccine.
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| 4 | HIVEX | Dec. 14, 2010 | Website and Timeslive article | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 4 | |
| 5 | Rath Health Foundation | Nov. 30, 2004 | Advert in Mail & Guardian | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 1 |
Matthias Rath and Anthony Brink placed adverts in the Mail & Guardian and several other newspapers in which they claimed that vitamins reverse the course of AIDS and that antiretrovirals ...
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| 6 | Aconite Medical Suppliers (Revivo) | May 18, 2007 | Website | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 0 |
Aconite Medical Suppliers made claims on the website www.revivotea.co.za that herbal supplement Revivo works as a treatment for HIV. A consumer complaint was lodged by Mr. Patrick Linzer to ASASA. ... Read more |
| 7 | Gogo's Traditional Medicines (GTM) (Bantam Tonic and Pisces Tonic) | June 6, 2008 | Advert in Sowetan Newspaper | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 2 |
The advertisement posted by Gogo's Traditional Medicines (GTM) was for two products: Bantam Tonic, which GTM claims increases CD4 count, and Pisces Tonic, which is said to guard against opportunistic ...
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| 9 | Damaansa Holdings Ltd. (Faith Drops) | April 1, 2010 | Website | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 2 |
TAC lodged a consumer complaint against Damaansa Holdings’ Internet advertisements promoting “FaithTM” Drops. The advertisements (which were published at http://immune-booster.synthasite.com and www.cancercure.co.za) claim that patients with illnesses including, Malaria, AIDS, ...
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| 13 | SA Natural Products Pty (Ltd) (A Vogel Neuroforce) | Dec. 1, 2010 | Advert in Weekend Argus | Treats | Mood disorders | Untested | 2 |
A very important decision of the ASA regarding what degree of expertise will be considered as sufficient.
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| 15 | Homeopathy for Health in Africa | Feb. 11, 2011 | Website | Treats | AIDS | Tests are disputed or inconclusive | 0 |
The website states, inter alia: “Homoeopathy works by stimulating and enhancing the immune system and therefore it is precisely in this disease(AIDS) that homoeopathy can be most effective”. It also ...
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| 16 | Kalahari Moshaweng Health Center | Feb. 19, 2010 | Online PDF | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 2 |
TAC received information that the Kalahari Moshaweng Health Center in Kuruman, Northern Cape, was providing homeopathic and naturopathic supplements to patients with TB and/or HIV under the supervision of MD ...
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| 20 | Secomet (Ithemba Lesizwe) | Oct. 1, 2006 | Website | Treats | AIDS | Tests are disputed or inconclusive | 1 |
The Stellenbosch-based manufacturer of Secomet V claimed it lowered the viral load of HIV positive patients. However, Secomet V (marketed as “Ithemba Lesizwe” or hope of the nation) has never ...
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| 28 | HIVEX | Jan. 19, 2011 | Times Live | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 0 | |
| 29 | Vulcan Silver | March 3, 2011 | Website | Treats | Infection | Untested and implausible | 0 | |
| 34 | Imuniti Holdings Ltd (Imuniti Nutritional Supplement Combo (INSC)) | March 23, 2011 | Statement to JSE | Treats | AIDS | Implausible | 0 |
Imuniti Holdings claims that its product treats HIV in a press statement aimed at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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| 36 | Abha Light | May 2, 2011 | Website | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 0 |
Abha Light claims to treat HIV and Elephantiasis in Nairobi, Kenya, using homeopathic remedies.
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| 37 | The Global Natural Healthcare Trust | May 2, 2011 | Website | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 0 |
This UK funded charity runs a clinic in Orange Farm near Johannesburg in which they treat people with HIV using herbal remedies.
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| 38 | Dr Boxall's | May 10, 2011 | Flyer | Treats | AIDS | Untested | 2 |
Dr Boxall's claims that Sutherlandia Frutescans boosts immunity in people with AIDS
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| 48 | Aconite Medical Suppliers (Revivo Tea) | May 23, 2011 | E-mail and Google Advertisements | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 2 |
This is a Google ad promoting Revivo tea as a treatment for AIDS.
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| 50 | BioBalance (Good Food Wellness Drink) | July 6, 2011 | Direct marketing | Treats | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 0 |
BioBalance together with ATKA Pharma are marketing their fulvic acid product(s) to dietitians, claiming that it reduces HIV viral load.
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| 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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| 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 |