Every week, HEADlines brings you the latest news, stories and commentaries in education and healthcare. This week, get insights on the latest developments in healthcare. |
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Wellness, a more holistic approach to health
Maintaining good health is more than seeing a doctor when an illness hits. Increasingly, people are recognising the importance of preserving health through wellness - an approach that takes care of not just the physical aspects of health, but also mental and emotional health.
A recent research by McKinsey & Company shows that consumer attitudes are changing towards wellness. Previously viewed narrowly as nutrition and fitness, consumers now view well-being as improvements in these 6 dimensions: - Better health - traditional and remote healthcare services and health trackers;
- Better fitness - avenues to maintain fitness during pandemic times;
- Better nutrition - foods that will help accomplish wellness goals while tasting good;
- Better appearance - beauty products and non-surgical aesthetic procedures;
- Better sleep - app-enabled sleep trackers and sleep enhancing products;
- Better mindfulness - meditation-oriented apps and offerings.
As society looks to improve our post pandemic world, there is a chance to relook at how we perceive health and start to prioritise our physical, mental and emotional well-being for a fuller life. |
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Healthcare in the Spotlight |
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Cleaner indoor air will not just fight the pandemic, it will minimise the risk of catching flu and other respiratory infections |
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Experience from previous pandemics suggest that viruses morph from pandemic pathogens to being endemic in nature, within two years of emerging. With COVID-19 though, it could take much longer. |
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A state-led study found that the vaccine was 98% effective at preventing death and 96% effective at preventing hospitalisation among a group of inoculated Indonesian medical staff. |
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Besides being used as medicine, traditional Chinese herbs are increasingly being integrated into people's diets and lifestyles. |
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Having “good” bacteria in our gut helps to prevent protein clumping, a condition that is seen in the brains of patients with dementia. |
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NRDC new report finds that the climate crisis is burdening people across the U.S. with huge healthcare bills, totalling far more than USD820 billion in physical and mental health damages each year. |
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A new report shows the many ways in which human health is initimately linked with the health of the ocean and indicates ways how we can help preserve ocean health. |
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Source: Healthline
For hundreds of years, cold bathing has been a way to invigorate the body. Find out what research says about how cold showers, and hot ones, affect your body and your ability to sleep. |
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That's all for the week! |
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