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We use only three kinds of sources: government health agencies, peer-reviewed papers and professional society documents. Every one was opened and checked to confirm it actually supports the verdict it backs — never filled in from memory.

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2026-08-02

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AAP

American Academy of Pediatrics

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ACOG

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

StatPearls

StatPearls, NCBI Bookshelf, U.S. National Library of Medicine

FDA

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

WHO

World Health Organization

NIH ODS

NIH Office of Dietary Supplements

科学辟谣

China Science Rumor-Refutation Platform (CAST & National Health Commission)

NHS

UK National Health Service

AAFP

American Academy of Family Physicians

人民网健康

People.cn Health (published by People's Daily)

BMJ

The BMJ

NEJM

New England Journal of Medicine

AASM

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

JAMA Peds

JAMA Pediatrics

Cochrane

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Hum Reprod

Human Reproduction

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine

香港衞生署

Family Health Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR

NCCIH

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

NIDCD

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Neuropsychol Rev

Neuropsychology Review

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Intelligence

Intelligence (journal)

HealthHub SG

HealthHub, Singapore Ministry of Health

Harvard CDC

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

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