Education, Health & Science

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.

At the South Pole, where the landscape offers little in the way of distractions, scientists have spent years waiting for almost nothing to happen.

InLife Benefits and The Medical City are teaming up on an insurer-led chronic disease management program for corporate employees, seeking to push healthcare spending upstream—from treating costly complications to detecting and managing diseases earlier.

For an industry built on keeping the lights on, Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is also thinking several years ahead.