"Skin cancer is a relatively new phenomenon in the last 60 years or so and yet our ancestors for hundreds of years have been living outdoors, working outdoors, and they didn't get skin cancer," says a woman in a Facebook reel posted July 29, 2023.
The speaker also claims a study on animals showed those with a "highly nutritious diet" did not develop cancer when exposed to the same radiation as a group on a "standard American diet," of which 25 percent got skin cancer.
Screenshot of a Facebook post taken August 8, 2023
The clips appear to use footage of Lorraine Day, a doctor who sells alternative therapies and claims to have cured her own cancer.
Similar posts have spread on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, which is being rebranded as "X."
But the notion that skin cancer is relatively new is false -- medical journal records indicate the disease has existed throughout history, even if the same terms were not used.
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