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Category: Health

Health Files
Our coverage of health issues and health misconceptions and disinformation, including fact checks, fact sheets, multimedia stories, and in-depth reports.

The health topics covered in this microsite are those that have gained the most prominence among Filipinos based on VERA Files’ coverage. These include cancer and other non-communicable diseases, maternal and reproductive health, food and nutrition, traditional medicine, vaccines, COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, and mental health.

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  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post, website advertise FAKE eye drops

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 19, 2022 11:58 AM

    A Facebook (FB) post shared a fake website promoting eye drops named Shiliwangxiongdanye, allegedly approved by the Philippines’ health and drug organizations. This is fake.  The liquid drops in question, […]

    eye drops, Health

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doctor’s claim on pork consumption and hypertension NEEDS CONTEXT

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 25, 2022 7:00 PM

    In a video posted online, a Filipino doctor endorsing a mineral drops product claimed that pork fat intake does not cause hypertension or high blood pressure. This needs context. YouTube […]

    hypertension, pork

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Golden Gout Colostrum does NOT treat gout

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 15, 2022 4:49 PM

    A Facebook (FB) page is circulating a fraudulent advertisement about a milk product that allegedly treats gout within a week and reduces uric acid levels after using it for a […]

    scam, Willie Ong

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB page DECEPTIVELY promotes unregistered diabetes supplement

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 02, 2022 12:12 PM

    Another Facebook (FB) page has illicitly used the face of Web-popular cardiologist Doc Willie Ong, this time, to promote a supplement supposedly effective against diabetes. On Oct. 20, the page […]

    scam, Willie Ong

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Old news report ALTERED to promote multivitamin for kids

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 25, 2022 11:30 AM

    Two Facebook (FB) pages uploaded a doctored news report on an intellectually-gifted young boy and created the post as if it were an advertisement for a children’s multivitamin called Bearbites. […]

    scam

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Cagan Nano’ supplement NOT FDA-approved

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 27, 2022 12:02 PM

    Another supplement, this time for the liver, posted on two Facebook (FB) pages, is making two claims: first, that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved it; and second, […]

    liver, scam

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Diamond glucosamine NOT FDA-approved

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 26, 2022 4:13 PM

    Three similar Facebook (FB) pages published a video promoting a supplement it claims was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for joint-related ailments. It is a false claim. […]

    Health

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post claiming therapeutic effect of paragis NEEDS CONTEXT

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 31, 2022 5:27 PM

    A Facebook (FB) page claims that a local grass, commonly known as paragis (scientific name Eleusine indica), can treat a myriad of diseases, including cancer, cysts, and irregular menstruation. This […]

    herbal cures, paragis

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong NOT endorsing hemorrhoid cream

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 04, 2022 9:59 AM

    A Facebook (FB) page has again used the name and face of cardiologist and social media personality Dr. Willie Ong, this time, to promote a hemorrhoid cream. It is bogus […]

    Doc Willie Ong

  • Categories Health News Seeing through the Smoke

    Health advocates warn of ‘vaping epidemic’ as Marcos Jr. lets vape bill lapse into law

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol  |  Jul 26, 2022 8:42 PM

    Despite the loud applause on his call for a “stronger healthcare system” during his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. remained silent on […]

    vape bill

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