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MyPillow Sleep Study is a Snoozer

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MyPillow Sleep Study is a Snoozer

Counting up issues with study sure to be a sleep aid.

What’s So Super about SuperBeets?

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What’s So Super about SuperBeets?

Studies offered in support of product’s health claims are tough to swallow.

Ad or Not? Memorial Sloan Kettering and WPIX 11 New York

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Ad or Not? Memorial Sloan Kettering and WPIX 11 New York

‘Health news segment’ seems a lot like advertising.

Cancer Care: The Deceptive Marketing of Hope

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Cancer Care: The Deceptive Marketing of Hope

TINA.org files complaint against CTCA and puts 42 cancer centers on notice for marketing atypical testimonials.

Ad Watchdog TINA.org Follows Up on Kardashians’ Deceptive Advertising

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Ad Watchdog TINA.org Follows Up on Kardashians’ Deceptive Advertising

MADISON, CONN. Sept. 26, 2017 –A little over a year ago, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against the Kardashian/Jenner sisters for publishing social media posts that…

Kardashians Find New Ways to Skirt #Ad on Social Media

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Kardashians Find New Ways to Skirt #Ad on Social Media

From ambiguous hashtags to delaying disclosure, the family continues to spurn federal endorsement guidelines.

Kourtney Kardashian’s ‘Microneedling’ Session with Dr. Jason Diamond

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Kourtney Kardashian’s ‘Microneedling’ Session with Dr. Jason Diamond

Instagram story had not one, but two issues regarding disclosure.

Dr. Rawls’ ‘Lyme Story,’ Vital Plan Supplements

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Dr. Rawls’ ‘Lyme Story,’ Vital Plan Supplements

Lyme disease is bad, but questionable treatment claims? Now that really bites.

TINA’s Take: Up Close with some Goopy Health Claims

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TINA’s Take: Up Close with some Goopy Health Claims

In whose health? We sum up some suspect claims at the In Goop Health inaugural wellness summit.

The Scoop on Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Wellness Empire

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The Scoop on Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Wellness Empire

What you should know about the pseudoscience at the center of the brand.

‘Hillary’s Secret Revenge’

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‘Hillary’s Secret Revenge’

Conspiracy-ridden video from Health Sciences Institute aims to get you to sign up as a member.

Subway’s Chicken

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Subway’s Chicken

May 2017: This case was voluntarily dismissed, the reasons for which have not been disclosed. March 2017: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Subway for allegedly deceptively marketing products –…

10 Companies that Get Coal in their 2016 Holiday Stockings