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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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| 2 | Solal Technologies (Solal Health Shake) | Oct. 1, 2009 | Advert in Beeld Newspaper | Improves | Nutrition | Untested and implausible | 2 |
Solal placed a health shake advertisement in Beeld.
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| 33 | Solal Technologies (Krill Oil) | Sept. 5, 2009 | Advert in Beeld Newspaper | Improves | Nutrition | Untested | 2 |
Solal ran an advert titled "Why Solal Technologies believes that omega 3s from krill oil are better than fish oil."
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| 43 | Solal Technologies (Craving Control) | June 15, 2011 | Advert in Beeld Newspaper | Helps Stop | Smoking | Untested and implausible | 0 |
This advert claims that several products can prevent heart disease or help you give up smoking and reduce the risk of a heart attack.
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| 45 | Solal Technologies | Oct. 1, 2010 | Advert in Business Day | Prevents | Heart Disease | Untested | 1 |
Solal claims Omega 3 deficiency can increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, arthritis, diabetes and depression and that most people are deficient in Omega 3.
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| 58 | Solal Technologies (Omega 3 & 6) | Oct. 4, 2010 | Advert in Business Day | Increases risk of heart attack, diabetes, depression and arthritis | Omega deficiency | Untested and implausible | 2 |
Solal Technologies made unsubstantiated claims that omega deficiency increases the risk of numerous diseases
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| 21 | BioLife | Feb. 22, 2011 | Advert in Cape Times | Boosts | Immune system | Tests showed no significant effect | 0 |
The advert placed in a supplement section of the Cape Times on health claimed that BioLife's multivitamins will "certainly boost your immune system and in so doing, reduce incidence of ...
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| 35 | Solal Technologies (ACES Plus) | April 10, 2011 | Advert in Cape Times | Cures | Hangovers | Untested | 0 |
Solal ran an advert in the Cape Times claiming that their products are a quick fix for hangovers
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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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| 25 | Solal Technologies | May 1, 2010 | Advert in Fairlady Magazine | Delays | macular degeneration | Untested and implausible | 4 |
Solal claims in an advert in Fair Lady that their product delays macular degeneration. Their advert was also misleading about the causes of this condition.
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| 11 | Zeblon Gwala (Ubhejane) | Dec. 6, 2007 | Advert in Ilanga Newspaper | Cures | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 3 |
Zeblon Gwala advertised Ubhejane as an AIDS cure
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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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| 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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| 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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| 8 | Solid Rock Church | April 28, 2010 | Advert in Northcliffe/Melville Times | Cures | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 2 |
The Newspaper Advert posted by Solid Rock Church stated, inter alia: “Bring the blind, the lame, Aids and cancer victims 43 Crutches! 25 Walking sticks! 2 White canes from blind ...
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| 12 | Prof. Billy's AIDS Clinic | June 6, 2008 | Advert in Roodepoort Record | Cures | AIDS | Untested and implausible | 2 |
Prof. Billy placed an advert in the paper, stating inter alia: “Stop Suffering in Silence. There is now a cure for Aids! Call Prof Billy Kariaga Ph.D or call Sister ...
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| 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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| 31 | Solal Technologies (Naturally Sweet) | Dec. 1, 2009 | Advert in The Star | Sugar | has harmful effects | Hyperbole | 8 |
A Solal advert in the Star claims that too much sugar or artificial sweetners can cause cancer. This sets off a protracted battle at ASASA with the Sugar Association.
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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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| 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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