Tag: myths

Hard pill to swallow In the Philippines, where cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been a leading cause of death for over three decades, the information disorder...

A pregnant woman’s tummy shape can determine the gender of the baby, an expectant mother cannot eat sushi and sashimi, a stranger’s saliva pressed...

You know what spreads faster than coronavirus? Misinformation being shared on social media by those who can’t even spare a minute to do a...

Remember the traditional verse mnemonic “Thirty Days Hath September” graders of not long ago—from Tawi-Tawi up to Batanes—memorized as an oral tradition? It was a...

There are people who like to live dangerously, following a fatalist approach in life, intentionally. And there are those who unintentionally live dangerously because...

Insurance can be a confusing or intimidating subject because of the technical terms and many misconceptions about it. AXA Philippines, one of the country’s...

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I almost titled this column “Singing nurses with quack medicines,” as I only see the ambitions of these candidates but not their integrity. In...