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Amazon Brain Supplements Database

Between June 2019 and December 2019, TINA.org searched Amazon.com for “brain supplements” and collected more than 100 examples of search results and product pages in which the product had one…

TINA.org to FTC: Prevagen is Making Unsupported Memory Claims

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TINA.org to FTC: Prevagen is Making Unsupported Memory Claims

Investigation finds no competent evidence to support memory improvement claims and FTC files a lawsuit.

Short Memory Lands CVS Brain Supplement in Legal Trouble

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Short Memory Lands CVS Brain Supplement in Legal Trouble

TINA.org finds that the marketing of Algal-900 DHA violates FTC order.

Prevagen’s Fishy Memory Claims Under Fire by Federal Regulators

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Prevagen’s Fishy Memory Claims Under Fire by Federal Regulators

Five things you should know about the FTC, New York lawsuit against Prevagen.

Prevagen Memory Study Falls Short

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Prevagen Memory Study Falls Short

TINA.org, AARP and others file legal brief urging court to reverse dismissal of Prevagen case.

FTC Complaint Filed Against Maker of Memory Supplement

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FTC Complaint Filed Against Maker of Memory Supplement

Ad Watchdog Issues Warning to Consumers MADISON, CONN. September 21, 2015 — With an aging baby-boomer population and an estimated 10 million Americans predicted to develop some form of brain…

Natrol Cognium Memory

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Natrol Cognium Memory

Allegations: Falsely marketing that products improve memory and contain the “#1 most clinically studied ingredient for memory” when scientific evidence does not substantiate such claims

FTC: Memory Pill Marketers ‘Couldn’t Back Up Claims’

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FTC: Memory Pill Marketers ‘Couldn’t Back Up Claims’

For that reason, the marketers behind the brain supplement Procera AVH will pay $1.4 million.

Prevagen

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Prevagen

TINA.org investigated the marketing of Prevagen, a supplement aimed at people suffering from memory loss, and found that Quincy Bioscience — the marketer and manufacturer of Prevagen — deceptively claimed…

FTC Brain Claims Cases Since 1995

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FTC Brain Claims Cases Since 1995

Since 1995, the FTC has brought nearly 70 actions over deceptive brain claims.

Memory supplement from jellyfish doesn’t work, FTC says

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Memory supplement from jellyfish doesn’t work, FTC says

Herb Weisbaum, Komo News

2nd Circ. Saves FTC Oversight Of Red-Hot Memory Aid Sector

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2nd Circ. Saves FTC Oversight Of Red-Hot Memory Aid Sector

Jeff Overly, Law360

Don’t Fall for the ‘Memory’ Pills Targeting Baby Boomers

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Don’t Fall for the ‘Memory’ Pills Targeting Baby Boomers

Emily Dreyfuss, WIRED

Clear-cut fraud? Quincy Bioscience faces a potentially ruinous lawsuit over memory claims

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Clear-cut fraud? Quincy Bioscience faces a potentially ruinous lawsuit over memory claims

Marc Eisen, Isthmus

Neora/Nerium Health Claims

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Neora/Nerium Health Claims

A TINA.org investigation has cataloged over 200 instances from 2012 to 2017 in which Nerium distributors have either made or referenced claims that the Nerium product line can treat, cure,…

CVS

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CVS

TINA.org investigated the marketing used to promote life’sDHA™, a supplement sold by CVS Pharmacy under the name Algal-900 DHA, and found that the marketing deceptively implied the product could improve memory…

Health Claims

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Health Claims

An ongoing TINA.org investigation has catalogued more than 200 examples of Neurocore claiming that it can treat, cure, or alleviate the symptoms of numerous medical conditions, including ADHD, autism, anxiety,…

How Amazon Promotes, Profits from Deceptively Marketed Brain Supplements

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How Amazon Promotes, Profits from Deceptively Marketed Brain Supplements

The largest retailer in the world isn’t just turning a blind eye to the deceptive marketing of these products.

Jury Hands Down a Verdict in Prevagen Deceptive Marketing Case

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Jury Hands Down a Verdict in Prevagen Deceptive Marketing Case

Verdict comes nine years after TINA.org alerted regulator to supplement’s unsubstantiated health claims.

Neurocore

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Neurocore

TINA.org investigated the marketing of Michigan-based “brain training” company Neurocore and determined that the company claimed its neurofeedback sessions could treat numerous medical conditions, including ADHD, anxiety, autism, depression, migraines,…

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Amazon Brain Supplements Database

TINA.org to FTC: Prevagen is Making Unsupported Memory Claims

Short Memory Lands CVS Brain Supplement in Legal Trouble

Prevagen’s Fishy Memory Claims Under Fire by Federal Regulators

Prevagen Memory Study Falls Short

FTC Complaint Filed Against Maker of Memory Supplement

Natrol Cognium Memory

FTC: Memory Pill Marketers ‘Couldn’t Back Up Claims’

Prevagen

FTC Brain Claims Cases Since 1995

Memory supplement from jellyfish doesn’t work, FTC says

2nd Circ. Saves FTC Oversight Of Red-Hot Memory Aid Sector

Don’t Fall for the ‘Memory’ Pills Targeting Baby Boomers

Clear-cut fraud? Quincy Bioscience faces a potentially ruinous lawsuit over memory claims

Neora/Nerium Health Claims

CVS

Health Claims

How Amazon Promotes, Profits from Deceptively Marketed Brain Supplements

Jury Hands Down a Verdict in Prevagen Deceptive Marketing Case

Neurocore