Education, Health & Science

Artificial intelligence can sound like the smartest person in the room, until it starts giving advice that could do real harm. Now, two physicists at The George Washington University say they may have found a way to predict when that happens, using a surprisingly simple mathematical formula.

AIA Philippines is sharpening its push into preventive healthcare, upgrading its AIA Vitality wellness program with personalized health assessments, nutrition tracking and expanded rewards as it seeks to turn growing health awareness among Filipinos into lasting lifestyle changes.

Anti-smoking advocates are pushing for a national law requiring local governments to earmark 3 percent of their health budgets for tobacco control, arguing that uneven funding has hampered enforcement of existing smoking and vaping restrictions.

Ischemic heart disease continues to claim the top spot as the primary cause of death across the Philippines, cutting short over 100,000 lives every year according to official health statistics. A severe form of heart attack known as STEMI—where a cardiac artery becomes completely blocked—remains a major reason why so many Filipino families suffer sudden loss. Yet medical experts emphasize that these deaths are largely preventable if patients receive immediate medical intervention within a critical time window.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has placed nicotine pouches under mandatory product certification, giving manufacturers and other industry players 12 months to meet new standards before uncertified products can no longer be sold in the Philippine market.