Hype Check Science and health claims, minus the miracle framing
One habit adds ten years, one food cures everything, one study changes the field. Hype Check Live scores the science claim of the week against what the research actually says.
Health hype is a special kind of stretch because it plays on hope. An observational study becomes a cause. A small effect becomes a miracle. We read past the headline to the method, then score how much survives. Useful signal stays, the miracle framing goes.
How each edition works
Same format every week, a fresh set of claims. Each item gives you the claim in plain terms, a two or three sentence check, the source, and a hype score from zero to one hundred. Low means mostly real, high means mostly hype. Five or six claims, one per domain, in about four minutes.
Why it holds up
Every number is real and citable; nothing is invented. We check claims, not people, so politics rides in only as a checkable number chosen from across the spectrum. The score follows a published, repeatable method. And we credit the underhyped as readily as we flag the overhyped, because honest scorekeeping cuts both ways.
Common questions
Is this medical advice?
No. We check whether a health claim is real or hype. Talk to a professional about your own health.
How do you read studies?
We look at whether it shows cause or just a link, the sample, the effect size, and who funded it, then score what holds up.
Do you debunk everything?
No. Plenty of science is real and underhyped. We credit that too.
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