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  2. List of diagnoses characterized as pseudoscience - Wikipedia

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    Pseudoscientific diseases are not defined using objective criteria. Such diseases cannot achieve, and perhaps do not seek, medical recognition. Pseudoscience rejects empirical methodology. [1] Other conditions may be rejected or contested by orthodox medicine, but are not necessarily associated with pseudoscience.

  3. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    A disease invented by Squidward so he did not have to go to work. SpongeBob takes the fake disease literally over the course of the episode. The suds SpongeBob SquarePants ("Suds") The suds is an illness that only sponges can catch, causing constant sneezing of bubbles and whitened skin tone. It is essentially a common cold. The suds can be ...

  4. List of eponymous diseases - Wikipedia

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    An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...

  5. A surprising number of people have faked a cancer diagnosis ...

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    Australian health influencer Belle Gibson faked a terminal brain cancer diagnosis and claimed she cured her disease with a special diet and alternative therapies. Gibson sold a cookbook and app ...

  6. Category:Fictional diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Fictional diseases and disorders" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    List of endocrine diseases; List of eponymous diseases; List of eye diseases and disorders; List of intestinal diseases; List of infectious diseases; List of human disease case fatality rates; List of notifiable diseases - diseases that should be reported to public health services, e.g., hospitals. Lists of plant diseases; List of pollution ...

  8. Factitious disorder - Wikipedia

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    Abuse may prompt a feeling of lack of control, and the person may use faked symptoms and a fabricated medical history to gain back a sense of autonomy. [ 3 ] Those with factitious disorder are also more likely to have experienced a severe illness in childhood, with the early exposure to healthcare being a major contributor to the onset of the ...

  9. List of topics characterized as pseudoscience - Wikipedia

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    2012 phenomenon – a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or otherwise transformative events would occur on or around 21 December 2012. This date was regarded as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar and as such, festivities to commemorate the date took place on 21 December 2012 in the countries that were part of the Maya civilization ...