Misinfo Radar
Signals worth a closer look: weak sources, fact-checks, state media, copy-paste campaigns.
Autopsy Links Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis to Heart Damage
Centre 100%100%
Attention level: Low (1 source)
- Headline mismatch 1 of 1 confidence: low
Articles whose headline says something its own description does not.
- Medscape: Autopsy Links Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis to Heart Damage
At autopsy, hearts of patients with RA or lupus were more often scarred and enlarged than those of car crash victims serving as controls, and these findings were tied to deaths from heart disease.
- Medscape: Autopsy Links Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis to Heart Damage
- Thin coverage 1 confidence: medium Only one or two outlets report this, and none of them rated high for reliability.
Every outlet on this story
| Outlet | Lean | Reliability | Country | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medscape | Center | 65 Mostly factual | US | 1 |
How this was worked out
The radar does not decide what is true. It lists signals that deserve a closer look, each with its evidence: who covers the story and how they are rated, matching fact-checks, state media, copy-paste campaigns, and headlines that are sensational or do not match their own description.
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