Ever wonder about those “Amazing Cancer Cure Videos” all over the internet? You know the ones — bold captions, scientific images and unbelievable claims of a discovery that will put an end to unknown outcomes and expensive cancer therapies. The thing is, most of those videos are not real, and a new parody of those narratives has now itself gone
The two-minute video, titled “This NATURAL TRICK can CURE YOUR CANCER” was created by researchers at the Office for Science and Society at McGill University in Montreal in an effort to combat viral pseudoscience clips. It mimics the aesthetic and messaging of many of the fake videos that target cancer patients online (focusing on a fictional cancer-curing moss) — before pivoting to the real message: “Be skeptical. Ask questions.”
It’s advice that cancer researchers, doctors
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While cancer patients and their families often need hope to get through diagnosis and treatment, videos like these remind those seeking real treatment
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