Health Reality Check

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  Is our phone the most dangerous drug we use every day? 06.10.2026 58min

  Social media can connect us, inform us and entertain us. But it can also keep us scrolling, expose us to misinformation and shape how we see ourselves and the world around us. So how do we build a healthier relationship with our digital lives? In this episode of Health Reality Check, host Dr Margarida Santos speaks with Professor Sander van der Linden, a social psychologist and leading expert on misinformation, about how digital environments influence our behaviour and beliefs. They explore t...
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  Who Really Keeps Us Healthy? 15.09.2026 41min

  Is staying healthy simply a matter of making the right choices? Or are those choices shaped long before we make them? In this episode of Health Reality Check, host Dr Margarida Santos sits down with Gundo Weiler, former Director of Prevention and Health Promotion at WHO/Europe, and Allison Ekberg, Technical Officer for Noncommunicable Diseases at WHO/Europe, to unpack what prevention really means. From bike lanes and healthier food to taxes, regulation and the information we see o...
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  Who can we trust for health information? 01.09.2026 24min

  Millions of people get health information from social media. But how do you tell credible information from viral misinformation? Why do myths spread so quickly online? And what makes people trust one voice over another? In this episode of Health Reality Check, host Dr Margarida Santos sits down with Dr Mike Varshavski, family physician and one of the world's most-followed health creators, for a conversation about navigating health information in the digital age. Together they explore how to c...
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  What does the World Health Organization actually do? 10.08.2026 31min

  Many people know WHO from global emergencies like COVID-19. But what does the World Health Organization actually do the rest of the time? How does WHO develop health recommendations ? Does WHO tell countries what to do? And why does trust matter more than ever? In this special launch episode of Health Reality Check, host Dr Margarida Santos sits down with Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, for a candid conversation about how WHO works behind the scenes, how science becomes publi...