Upvoted initially because this seemed like a good example of what I’ve taken to calling a “leprechaun” - a fact that spreads in spite of limited empirical backing; however a quick Google search (fact-checking the fact-check, as it were) leads to this article which at the very least suggests that the second-hand story told above is somewhat exaggerated: the evidence for bleeding associated with Gingko Biloba is rather more solid than “one case report—of a single person”. Upvote retracted, I’m afraid...
(ETA: also, the other story at that link makes for… interesting reading for a rationalist.)
Upvoted initially because this seemed like a good example of what I’ve taken to calling a “leprechaun” - a fact that spreads in spite of limited empirical backing; however a quick Google search (fact-checking the fact-check, as it were) leads to this article which at the very least suggests that the second-hand story told above is somewhat exaggerated: the evidence for bleeding associated with Gingko Biloba is rather more solid than “one case report—of a single person”. Upvote retracted, I’m afraid...
(ETA: also, the other story at that link makes for… interesting reading for a rationalist.)
Thanks for the fact-check! In retrospect, it probably would have been a good idea for me to fact-check this before I posted it.
And yes, the other story is odd indeed. I actually hadn’t read it before I posted the link.
… And I have no upvoted both of you for the irony of failing to fact-check an anecdote about the importance of proper fact-checking.