REVIEW Social media posts began circulating in September and November 2022, claiming that COVID-19 doesn’t increase the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis, despite evidence showing otherwise. These are conditions in which the heart becomes infla
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Logically→ Women and men experience different symptoms of heart-attack.
Women present with ‘typical’ heart attack symptoms with roughly the same frequency that men do.
Logically→ Consuming bottle gourd will help cure chronic heart ailments.
Limited clinical evidence suggests bottle gourd as a cure for heart diseases. More research is required to assert its medicinal properties.
PolitiFact→ Senate Majority PAC – Fact-checking Democrats’ claim about dog deaths in Mehmet Oz’s heart research lab
A dog endured “unimaginable pain and suffering” during heart research experiments, “just one of 300 killed in (Dr. Mehmet) Oz’s lab.”
Snopes→ Did a Youth Pastor Make an ‘I Heart Hot Youth Pastors’ Sticker?
"My best friend lives in South Carolina and sent me this screenshot from her local mom group and I just ... cannot," a tweet read.
Snopes→ US and Russia Engage in a Digital Battle for Hearts and Minds
Russian government media are frequently criticized as being blatant propaganda. How do U.S. government media measure up?
Full Fact→ No evidence the media is covering up vaccine deaths with stories about heart issues
Newspapers have been writing about what household items and activities might cause heart attacks since before the pandemic.
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccines significantly increase the risk oh heart attacks in children.
Vaccines are safe for children, and there is no medical proof they can causes heart attacks in any age group.
Logically→ One can stop a heart attack by coughing and breathing heavily when alone.
Cough CPR is a myth spread on social media. It is not recommended to help prevent a heart attack and should not be attempted.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Food Additives Found In Dairy Queen Soft Serve Are NOT Enough To Cause Cancer, Heart Disease
Are the food additives found in Dairy Queen's soft serve harmful to the human body? No, that's not true: The amount of food additives in a Dairy Queen soft serve is not enough to cause the health problems in this claim. A chemist told Lea
Full Fact→ Vigorous coughing will not save you during a heart attack
Advice that coughing vigorously could save you in the event of a heart attack is incorrect and could make things worse.
Full Fact→ No evidence Covid-19 vaccines causing heart attacks in children
A Facebook post misleadingly suggests that the vaccines are causing all sorts of previously rare health problems, including heart attacks in children.
Snopes→ Japan Ex-Leader Shinzo Abe Apparently Shot, in Heart Failure
Abe was in Nara campaigning ahead of the election for the parliament's upper house and was giving a speech when people heard a gunshot.
Full Fact→ Articles about heart attack risks do not show causality
A collection of articles reporting on possible links between certain factors and heart attacks do not show “you can’t do anything without risking a heart attack”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Boeing 737 NOT Forced To ‘Emergency Land On Beach After Pilot Has Heart Attack’ — It’s Gaming Video Footage
Was a Boeing 737 forced into an emergency landing on the beach after the pilot had a heart attack? No, that's not true: The footage is not real; it's gaming video footage created for entertainment. The video shows an animated airplane bei
Health Feedback→ SADS is caused by genetic mutations affecting the electrical system regulating heartbeat; no evidence it is caused by COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW On 8 June 2022, political commentator here and here, demonstrating the article’s ability to mislead online users. Sudden arrhythmia death syndrome (SADS), sometimes incorrectly called sudden adult death syndrome, occurs in young, apparently
Full Fact→ The FDA did not say Covid-19 vaccines are causing more heart attacks
A claim that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said heart attacks are 71 times higher following the Covid-19 vaccine than following other vaccines, and that the vaccines are killing two people for every one they save is not true. This claim app
Full Fact→ Article claiming link between referee whistles and heart problems in athletes is fake
A photo, which is claimed to be of an Irish Examiner article stating “referee whistles may be cause to sudden increase in heart problems among sports players experts say”, has been posted many times on Facebook. This is a digitally altered
FactCheck.org→ SciCheck Talks Second COVID-19 Boosters, Philly Mask Mandate on iHeartRadio
FactCheck.org Science Editor Jessica McDonald fielded questions about second COVID-19 booster shots and the possible return of Philadelphia’s mask mandate in a recent interview that aired on several of that city’s iHeartRadio stations. McDonald spo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Irish Examiner Did NOT Report That Referee Whistles Caused Heart Problems For Athletes
Did the Irish Examiner publish a report about a sudden increase in heart problems among sports players due to referee whistles? No, that's not true: A spoof image was created using a fake story and the masthead of the Irish Examiner. This
Poynter→ Fact-checking is at the heart of good governance and democracy-building
It is Dec. 4, 2020, three days to the eighth general elections in Ghana which, among other candidates, is to be contested by a sitting president and a former president […] The post Fact-checking is at the heart of good governance and democracy-bu
Snopes→ Did Chris Rock Make a ‘Heartbreaking’ Post?
An intriguing article tease went around online after comedian Chris Rock was slapped by actor Will Smith during the 94th Academy Awards ceremony.
Snopes→ US Man Who Got 1st Pig Heart Transplant Dies After 2 Months
David Bennett, 57, died at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Full Fact→ Collection of heart attack articles includes one fake
A post being shared on Facebook includes a number of screenshots of articles about what can cause heart attacks “in 2022”. One of these is a completely fake news story and one is from over a decade ago. We have checked several examples of m
Full Fact→ Warning that vigorous duvet-shaking can raise risk of heart attack is fake
A screenshot of what appears to be an ITV News article with the headline “Shaking the duvet too vigorously while making your bed can increase your chances of a heart attack, scientists warn” is doing the rounds on Facebook, and on Twitter,
Full Fact→ ‘BBC article’ claiming shallow breathing increases risk of heart attack is fake
An image of a fake mocked-up BBC News article is being shared on social media. The headline reads: “Breathing too many times a day could raise your risk of a heart attack”, and the article excerpt claims a trial found that this can increase
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Heart Does NOT Have Predetermined, Limited Number Of Heartbeats
Does the human heart have a predetermined and therefore limited number of heartbeats, making it pointless to exercise? No, that's not true: Extensive research has shown that exercise strengthens the heart. The claim appeared in a Facebook
Snopes→ Does Shaking Duvets Increase Heart Attack Risk?
This doctored meme was spread by anti-vaxxers to reinforce false claims about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Full Fact→ Estimates of heart condition prevalence in the UK isn’t linked to vaccines
A video being shared on Facebook makes a number of claims about a recent study into how common a heart condition is in the general population, but the central claim is that this has only come about due to the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine. This is no
Logically→ The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines lead to severe heart failure.
The data used by the JAMA report is from VAERS, a passive surveillance reporting system not verified by the CDC or the U.K government.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccines Do NOT Create Spike Protein Buildup In Brain, Lung, Heart, Bone Marrow, Sex Organs
Do COVID-19 vaccines cause patients to suffer by triggering them to produce spike proteins throughout the body, including the brain, lung, heart, bone marrow and reproductive organs? No, that's not true: The claim was made without citatio
Snopes→ Did a Boston Hospital Deny Patient Heart Transplant Over COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal?
The ethics of organ donation and transplantation should be approached with care, and attention to detail.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Times Editor Who Died Of Heart Attack Bragging After Third COVID Shot
Does a video show New York Times editor Carlos Tejada, who died of a heart attack in December 2021, bragging after getting his COVID-19 booster? No, that's not true: The man in the video is a Canadian comedian named Stewart Reynolds. The
Full Fact→ Breastfeeding linked to reduced risk of heart disease
“Breastfeeding is good for mothers as well as babies and slashes their risk of dying from heart disease, a study has found” Daily Mail [print edition], 12 January 2022. The print edition of the Daily Mail has reported on new research, clai
Snopes→ In 1st, US Surgeons Transplant Pig Heart into Human Patient
A Maryland hospital said that he's doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery.
Logically→ National Football League Donald Parham’s “heart explodes” after taking a COVID-19 booster dose.
Donald Parham Jr. had a concussion during the match. There is no relation to his injury to the COVID-19 booster shot.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New ‘Study’ Does NOT Warn That COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Dramatically Increase’ Risk Of Heart Disease
Does a new "study" from the American Heart Association (AHA) warn that COVID-19 vaccines "dramatically increase" the risk of heart disease? No, that's not true: The claim is based on an abstract, not a study, and it does not represent the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Admit COVID-19 Vax Causes More Heart Inflammation Cases Than Previously Stated
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admit that COVID-19 vaccines cause more instances of carditis, or heart inflammation, than the agency has previously stated? No, that's not true: Such a claim pulls numbers from the
AllSides→ No Credible Evidence COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines ‘Dramatically Increase’ Heart Attack Risk, Contrary to Flawed Abstract
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/no-credible-evidence-covid-19-mrna-vaccines-dramatically-increase-heart-attack-risk-contrary-to-flawed-abstract/
FactCheck.org→ No Credible Evidence COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines ‘Dramatically Increase’ Heart Attack Risk, Contrary to Flawed Abstract
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. are not known to increase the risk of heart attack. But social media posts are misinterpreting an abstract in an American Heart Association journal as proof that the vaccine kills. The publ