Headlines in the Global Wellness Economy

Global Wellness News™ | May 13th, 2025

The unstoppable rise of digital detox retreats

It’s not just a White Lotus thing: A growing number of resorts and retreats are asking their guests to put their digital devices away during their stay.

WHOOP Launches Longevity-, Healthcare-focused Wearables

The health and fitness tracking platform unveiled WHOOP 5.0 and WHOOP MG wearables, adding features for hormonal health, longevity, and more.

Wellness companies eager to avoid WeightWatchers’ fate embrace weight-loss drugs

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Health and wellness companies are embracing weight-loss drugs and building offerings around them in an effort to avoid the fate of WeightWatchers, which declared bankruptcy this week, citing vastly increased use of the new blockbuster medicines.

The real longevity breakthroughs are already here

Researcher Eric Topol writes that the answer doesn’t lie in turning back time, but in predicting and preventing chronic diseases.

The MAHA-Friendly App That’s Driving Food Companies Crazy

Nothing gets into Dendy Young’s supermarket shopping cart unless it first passes the Yuka test.

Epicore Tops Up Series B With $6M To Scale Sweat-Sensing Wearables

With an added $6M in Series B funding, Epicore is taking its Connected Hydration tech to new markets while advancing cloud analytics.

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