Gizmodo58%

27-Year-Old Woman Dies After Getting 'Anti-Aging' Therapy at Bronx Wellness Clinic 74%

By Ed Cara0%

7/20/2026, 8:25:43 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Hasty Generalization, and Anecdotal, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 27.9% saturation with 102 hits. Analysis detected 718 faulty-reasoning hits from 366 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66% and a BS Rank of 74% (5,597 of 21,180 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 73.60% of the article peer group.

A New York City resident’s day at a wellness clinic ended in a fatal tragedy over the weekend. 
On Monday, the New York City Police Department stated that a 27-year-old woman died Sunday afternoon after she received an “anti-aging therapy” at the Bereshit Lifestyle Center in the Bronx. 
The NYPD has since charged and arrested the clinic’s professed doctor, Luis Rojas Cabrera, over the woman’s death, which has yet to be fully investigated, police said. 
“The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death and the investigation remains ongoing,” the NYPD said in a statement provided to Gizmodo. 
An unlicensed doctor? 
On Sunday afternoon, police responded to a 911 call at the New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital concerning the woman, who has not been identified by the NYPD. 
Upon arrival, they were told by hospital staff that the woman had been transported unconscious and unresponsive to the hospital from the Bereshit Lifestyle Center. 
She was pronounced dead soon afterward. 
The center claims to help people with everything from weight loss to immunity boosting. 
According to its website, Rojas is an active surgeon and naturopath in the Dominican Republic. 
In the U.S., however, he is apparently only board certified to perform alternative medicine and “holistic health. 
” The NYPD has formally charged Rojas with reckless endangerment and unauthorized practice of a profession. 
“It gives me great pleasure to help individuals gain improvement in their health condition and lifestyle through natural methods and simple therapies,” Rojas stated in his biography posted on the website. 
Not the first 
Though the woman’s cause of death has yet to be determined, this would hardly be the first recent incident of harm or death linked to wellness clinics steeped in alternative medicine and/or promises of longevity. 
Just last week, for instance, Miami police charged Samuel Lee for his alleged role in the death of Tina Sodhi more than a year earlier. 
Sodhi died under Lee’s care during a three-day-long psychedelic retreat, authorities have alleged. 
And last year, two women fell ill and were hospitalized after receiving peptide injections at an anti-aging conference held in Las Vegas. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 27.9%Ed Cara: 12.5%Gizmodo: 4.1%Confirmation Bias27.9%This article: 5.5%Ed Cara: 1.8%Gizmodo: 1.4%Anchoring Bias5.5%This article: 10.7%Ed Cara: 7.0%Gizmodo: 3.0%Availability Heuristic10.7%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 7.4%Ed Cara: 2.5%Gizmodo: 2.2%Overconfidence Bias7.4%This article: 3.0%Ed Cara: 11.6%Gizmodo: 5.6%Framing Effect3.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.5%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 3.9%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 4.6%Ed Cara: 1.5%Gizmodo: 2.2%Pessimism Bias4.6%This article: 16.1%Ed Cara: 15.8%Gizmodo: 7.6%Negativity Bias16.1%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.8%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.9%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 4.4%Ed Cara: 1.5%Gizmodo: 2.8%Halo Effect4.4%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 1.3%Gizmodo: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 7.7%Ed Cara: 4.8%Gizmodo: 1.6%Recency Bias7.7%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.1%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 4.1%Ed Cara: 1.4%Gizmodo: 4.1%Appeal to Authority4.1%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.4%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.6%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 16.4%Ed Cara: 11.8%Gizmodo: 5.4%Hasty Generalization16.4%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.9%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.8%Ed Cara: 1.9%Gizmodo: 4.9%Appeal to Emotion0.8%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.3%Gizmodo: 1.0%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 23.8%Ed Cara: 7.9%Gizmodo: 3.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)23.8%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 11.7%Ed Cara: 3.9%Gizmodo: 0.5%Burden of Proof11.7%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 2.8%Gizmodo: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 16.4%Ed Cara: 14.0%Gizmodo: 2.0%Anecdotal16.4%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 4.6%Ed Cara: 1.5%Gizmodo: 2.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)4.6%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 7.9%Ed Cara: 2.6%Gizmodo: 4.7%Unattributed Quote7.9%This article: 8.5%Ed Cara: 5.6%Gizmodo: 1.2%Quote-first Misdirection8.5%This article: 14.8%Ed Cara: 13.1%Gizmodo: 13.6%Biased Writer Voice14.8%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.6%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ed Cara: 2.8%Gizmodo: 3.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

366 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers36%attributed speech233writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 100.0% coverageNew York City Police Department • 30 words • 0.0% coverageNew York City Police Department • 27 words • 0.0% coverageNew York City Police Department • 29 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 0.0% coverageNew York City Police Department • 16 words • 0.0% coverageLuis Rojas Cabrera • 31 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 35 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 0.0% coverage
100%flagged-word coverage
102 attributed words77% of attributed speech89% writer coverage
0%15.0%30.0%Unattributed Quote+28.4 ptsWriter: 0.0%New York City Police Department: 28.4%28.4%Biased Writer Voice-23.2 ptsWriter: 23.2%New York City Police Department: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

Loading…
Loading…
Loading…

Analysis

Hover over highlighted words in the article to view the associated bias or fallacy analysis.