HealthFact Finder is an AI-powered tool designed to detect and flag medical misinformation by fact-checking content such as prescriptions, symptoms, and health-related posts from online platforms like Reddit. It helps users identify false or misleading health claims and ensures access to trusted, evidence-based medical information.
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✅ Medical Misinformation Detection
Identifies and flags misleading or false medical claims using advanced NLP and fact-checking techniques. -
🧠 Smart Prescription & Symptom Analysis
Analyzes provided symptoms and prescriptions to ensure consistency with medical standards. -
🌐 Reddit Content Scanner
Fetches and analyzes Reddit posts related to health/medicine, flagging users spreading potential misinformation. -
📊 Fact Database Cross-Check
Compares statements against a curated and verified medical fact database.
- Python / FastAPI – Backend API and routing
- TensorFlow – Deep learning models for misinformation detection
- scikit-learn / spaCy / Transformers – NLP and classification
- BeautifulSoup / PRAW – Web and Reddit scraping
- MongoDB – For storing flagged data and user reports
- React.js (optional frontend) – UI for entering symptoms, prescriptions, and reviewing flags
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Input
Users input a prescription, symptom, or Reddit post URL. -
Processing
NLP pipelines and deep learning models (built with TensorFlow) analyze the content for potential misinformation. -
Fact Checking
Compares extracted statements against verified databases from sources like WHO, CDC, and Mayo Clinic. -
Reddit Misinformation Flagging
Tracks and reports users who repeatedly spread health-related misinformation. -
Output
Highlights inaccurate claims, shows verified facts, and provides safer alternatives.
- 🏥 Medical platforms ensuring credible content
- 📲 Health forums/apps adding smart content validation
- 🧑⚕️ Educating the public about common health myths
- 🔍 Detecting medical misinformation trends on Reddit