Archive - Health

A Facebook user claimed that eating one malunggay seed daily can cure a myriad of diseases. An expert in herbal medicine says otherwise.

Neither hepatologists nor traditional medicine experts recommend drinking water mixed with calamansi juice to "clean" the liver.

A UP veterinarian said Filipinos' common encounters with animals in domestic, agricultural and wildlife settings pose potential risks for zoonotic disease transmission.

PhilHealth may be expanding its insurance coverage but rising hospital costs may be canceling out these benefits.

PhilHealth is committed to further expanding benefits for its members and said it will comply with the Supreme Court decision on the P89.9-billion fund transfer.

Ang PhilHealth Konsulta program ay isang pinalawak na pakete ng benepisyo para sa mga serbisyong outpatient para sa lahat ng Pilipino. Saklaw ng Konsulta ang konsultasyon, laboratory at diagnostic tests at gamot.

The PhilHealth Konsulta program is an expanded benefit package for outpatient services for all Filipinos. Konsulta covers consultation, laboratory and diagnostic tests and medication.

PhilHealth should have used excess funds to add outpatient services that would directly benefit its members so there would be no reason to have it transferred to the national treasury.

Leachon criticized Herbosa for keeping quiet on the issue, citing a lack of transparency on the process that led to the decision to return PhilHealth funds.

Three fake Facebook posts falsely claim that Amy Perez is promoting Venature Bakuchiol Retinol serum.

Netizens on Facebook revived a six-year-old false claim about using bird's eye chili (siling labuyo) as a cure for dengue.

A five-year-old health tip about applying tomato juice to treat varicose veins reappeared on Facebook.

Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin misattributed the study, which was actually conducted by the U.S. FDA to test the safety of medicine stockpiles of the country’s military.

HB 7758 seeks to grant working women two-day menstrual leave with full pay.

An impostor of the Philippine General Hospital has claimed on Facebook that endocrinologist Augusto Litonjua endorsed Glufarelin. 

A Filipina vlogger is falsely claiming that the WHO admitted in its website that COVID-19 vaccines can cause multiple sclerosis.

Kumalat ulit ang Facebook post na nagbababala sa pag-inom ng nagyeyelong tubig kapag tag-init dahil magdudulot daw ito ng pagputok ng mga ugat ng dugo. Mali ito.

While Marcos did not extend the state of calamity which ended in 2022, he has yet to lift the state of public health emergency which remains in effect.

A Facebook Reel revived a video where a naturopathy practitioner claimed that people with diabetes should not eat fish without scales. 

An infographic claims that wearing face masks and presenting vaccination cards when entering establishments are mandatory while Metro Manila remains under alert level 1. Not true.

While the Arcturus subvariant is “increasing in global prevalence,” health officials noted that current available evidence does not show any differences in the severity of its effect compared to the original Omicron variant.

Taking oral glutathione is not included in the guidelines to reverse non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatologist Arlinking Ong-Go.

Websites imitating ABS-CBN News posted a story on "Glucoactive", a diabetes remedy supposedly endorsed by Dr. Tony Leachon. The article is fabricated. 

A person with an unhealthy lifestyle is more likely to suffer from heat stroke, an alternative medicine practitioner claimed in a Facebook (FB) Reel. This needs context as there are other factors that increase the risk of body overheating.