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Health Fraud

Health fraud scams involve selling medicines, supplements, devices, foods, or cosmetics that have not been proven effective. At best, these scams don't work. At worst, they're dangerous. They also waste money and might keep you from getting the treatment you really need.

Some of the possible dangers of scam products are that they could:

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  1. Health Fraud (National Library of Medicine)  
    Health fraud scams involve selling medicines, supplements, devices, foods, or cosmetics that have not been proven effective. At ... are taking Cause serious, even life-threatening, injuries Health fraud scams can be found everywhere, promising help for ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/healthfraud.html - Health Topics
  2. How to Spot Health Fraud (Food and Drug Administration)  
    Evaluating Health Information/Related Issues ... Evaluating Health Information ... Health Fraud/Start Here ... Health Fraud ... Food and Drug Administration
    https://www.fda.gov/.../how-spot-health-fraud - External Health Links
  3. 6 Tip-offs to Rip-offs: Don't Fall for Health Fraud Scams (Food and Drug Administration)  
    Health Fraud/Start Here ... Health Fraud ... Food and Drug Administration ... A health product is fraudulent if it is deceptively promoted as being effective against ...
    https://www.fda.gov/...ip-offs-rip-offs-dont-fall-health-fraud-scams - External Health Links
  4. Finding and Evaluating Online Resources From the National Institutes of Health (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)  
    Evaluating Health Information/Start Here ... Evaluating Health Information ... National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health ... From the National Institutes ...
    https://www.nccih.nih.gov/...finding-and-evaluating-online-resources - External Health Links
  5. Questions and Answers on Unapproved Chelation Products (Food and Drug Administration)  
    Over-the-Counter Medicines/Specifics ... Over-the-Counter Medicines ... Food and Drug Administration ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises consumers ...
    https://www.fda.gov/...ons-and-answers-unapproved-chelation-products - External Health Links
  6. Evaluating Health Information (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... be true. Those could be signs of a health fraud scam. To evaluate the quality of a website's information, ask: How is the information selected and reviewed to make sure ... board of health experts A content review process A selection policy ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/evaluatinghealthinformation.html - Health Topics
  7. COVID-19 Vaccines (Food and Drug Administration)  
    COVID-19 Vaccines/Start Here ... COVID-19 Vaccines ... Food and Drug Administration ... FDA has rigorous scientific and regulatory processes in place to facilitate development ...
    https://www.fda.gov/.../covid-19-vaccines - External Health Links
  8. Beware of Fraudulent Coronavirus Tests, Vaccines, and Treatments (Food and Drug Administration)  
    COVID-19 Vaccines/Related Issues ... COVID-19 Vaccines ... COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)/Related Issues ... COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) ... COVID-19 Testing/Related ...
    https://www.fda.gov/...ent-coronavirus-tests-vaccines-and-treatments - External Health Links
  9. Buying and Using Medicine Safely (Food and Drug Administration)  
    Drug Safety/Start Here ... Drug Safety ... Food and Drug Administration ... The information in this section can help you work with your health professionals to make ...
    https://www.fda.gov/.../buying-using-medicine-safely - External Health Links
  10. Common Health Scams Video (Federal Trade Commission)  
    ... supplements , buying medicines and medical products online , and health fraud . Also, visit the NIH’s resources on dietary supplements . ... Topics Shopping and Donating Health Scams All Scams Health and Weight Loss Scams January 2022 ... CFG: Footer Menu Right Report Fraud Get Consumer Alerts CFG: Footer ftc.gov About ...
    https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/common-health-scams - Videos
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