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In this inaugural series of talks, HTSI speaks to some of the scientists, entrepreneurs, innovators and disruptors powering the $5.6tn wellness industry
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...“Society is at a point of peak illness and peak wellness,” said Caroline Howe, chief executive of Ogilvy Health....
...The origins of this pioneering integrative health clinic began as a “crazy” and “niche” idea, says the company’s vice-president Alejandro Bataller of his father’s decision to enter the wellness space — by...
...centre with a crèche on the ground floor and a grown-up health haven upstairs....
...Where once services may have included an onsite sauna, wheatgrass shots and some dumbbells, the new breed of wellness centres now boast suites designed to boost everything from gut health to brain cognition...
...The health and wellness market, currently estimated to be worth some $5.6tn, is set to grow to $7.4tn by 2025....
...Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama (Ecco/Simon & Schuster) Plagues and pestilence have always been with us — and so has the bigotry accompanying narratives of...
...It’s also home of the first “spa safari” – Nihioka, a second property about a mile down the coast, dedicated entirely to wellness....
...drops, designed to provide a sense of inner power, contain cranberry juice, succinic acid that gives energy to cells, and grape-seed flour, which is purported to improve circulation and cardiovascular health...
...There are fasting retreats in Italian palazzos, Himalayan yoga camps, gut health resets in Swiss spas, silent retreats in French châteaux and all kinds of detoxes promising everything from better skin to...
...Fitbit (now a Google company) is deeply integrated, and while there may be better options for sports fanatics, its approach to health tracking (heart rate, stress levels, step count) is already familiar...
...“I’ve done wellness retreats before, but I like this one because it’s not so regimented,” she said. “It isn’t boot camp.”...
...Noom, billed as a modern approach to wellness and healthy lifestyle, suffered a backlash after users claimed it triggered eating disorders....
...He called for more emphasis on organisations to ensure a senior executive was responsible for wellness....
...Then I visited The Wellness Lab in Knightsbridge, where director Jaynee Treon, a holistic health practitioner, has offered hydrogen since 2021....
...Nevertheless, I have been somewhat taken in by the wellness wackadoodles: I’m seduced by the idea of making tiny changes to my lifestyle in return for a big improvement in my cognitive health....
...Whether it is childbirth, depression, skin cancer or sexual health, black patients are treated differently from their white peers. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing....
...But much of it is so-called “wellness-washing” — where perks, such as mindfulness sessions, serve as a distraction from high workloads, poor management and other structural problems....
...Usage remains high for Covid-era innovations such as online talk therapy, mindfulness and meditation apps, as well as “wellness” days that allow time off to recharge....
...Food myths are busted in the second episode of Brains of Wellbeing + Beauty, the series where we sit down with the scientists, entrepreneurs, innovators and disrupters powering the $5.6tn wellness industry...
...Reduced- harm options are controversial but present fewer health risks....
...Bedrooms as sanctuaries, bamboo pyjamas, sensor-laden bedding, high-end wellness tourism, sleep consultants....
...But in the past couple of years some have begun to open up about their mental health....
...I was delighted to see your Lex column (June 5) propose that not only should the designers of generative artificial intelligence chatbots and other “wellness” apps avoid spurious health claims and provide...
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