Cancer patients in the Philippines falling for alternative 'cures'
Filipino single mother Mary Ann Eduarte delayed chemotherapy for her breast cancer for several years and instead took food supplements falsely promoted on social media as cures for the deadly disease.
They didn't work and the cancer spread to her lungs and bones.
Eduarte is one of many Filipinos duped by medical misinformation flooding the social media platforms where they rank among the world's heaviest users.
They didn't work and the cancer spread to her lungs and bones.
Eduarte is one of many Filipinos duped by medical misinformation flooding the social media platforms where they rank among the world's heaviest users.
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01:00 >> There's a need for greater information dissemination,
01:09 especially around treatment.
01:11 So most of the patients would opt for alternative medicine,
01:17 thinking that they would save more or
01:20 it will be less expensive than the traditional chemo treatment.
01:25 Plus believing that because this is usually the mindset that we get is that
01:29 this is organic, this is natural.
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