Trend: Move-to-Earn Apps and Gaming Platforms–That Reward People for Hitting Exercise and Wellness Goals–Are on Fire

Trend: Move-to-Earn Apps and Gaming Platforms–That Reward People for Hitting Exercise and Wellness Goals–Are on Fire   In just the last few months, there has been an explosion of gaming companies rewarding people with cryptocurrency just for moving around–as well as new apps and credit cards that pay you (whether in cash or with discounts off wellness brands) for exercising and other healthy behaviors   …

Trend in the News – Week of June 8th 2022

Trend in the News: Move-to-Earn Apps and Gaming Platforms–That Reward People for Hitting Exercise and Wellness Goals–Are on Fire   Week of June 8th, 2022 Move To Earn: A Temporary Fad Or Here To Stay?–Entrepreneur This article looks at several companies in the move-to-earn space that have transformed the concept from a niche innovation in the crypto world to a pop culture phenom–from Wirtual, where you…

Berlin-based Inne.io secures a further $10 million to expand hormone-tracking tech

Berlin-based Inne.io secures a further €9.3 million to expand hormone-tracking tech | EU-Startups In the world of healthcare, there are two things that certainly stand out – 1) women’s health care is dreadfully underfunded, and, 2) we want healthcare to be more personalized and digitalised. Addressing both of these truths, Inne.io is leveraging technology to empower women to understand their reproductive health. Read More from…

Vana aligns with Six Senses with aims to become world’s most iconic wellness retreat

Vana aligns with Six Senses with aims to become world’s most iconic wellness retreat | spabusiness.com news Established Indian destination spa and retreat Vana has been taken over by global hotel group Six Senses. The property in Dehradun, India, has since been renamed Six Senses Vana. Launched in 2014 by Veer Singh, Vana is a 21-acre wellness destination surrounded by clusters of Sal forest, and…

Menopause is having a major wellness moment, finally

Once a Taboo Topic, Menopause Is (Finally) Having Its Wellness Moment This past spring, a small group of women gathered at the Beaverbrook estate in Surrey, England, a 470-acre country idyll outside London that once received guests including Elizabeth Taylor and Ian Fleming. The sprawling property, which has become a destination for wellness programs featuring everything from lectures on traditional Chinese massage to Wim Hof’s…

New credit cards and apps are here to reward you for spending on your wellness

3 New Credit Cards With Rewards for Wellness Spending | Well+Good So much of being well comes along with a price tag-and often, it’s a hefty one. At a baseline level, feeling in control of your finances and confident that you can meet your core needs (both now and in the future) is key to avoiding money-related stress and achieving financial wellness. Read More from…

Kids’ wellness takes a turn into questionable territory (Think: toddler Pelotons, tween crystal healing sets, calorie-tracking apps, and more)

Well To Do | Rina Raphael | Substack Cheryl wasn’t too happy about a proposed wellness elective course at her daughter’s high school. She was surprised to discover that the 10th-grade wellness course was only available to girls. In it, students would learn yoga, nutrition, Pilates, and sedentary spa activities that required many “sparkly” personal care products. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

You, Younger: Making 90 the New 40 with Dr. Michael Roizen

You, Younger: Making 90 the New 40 with Dr. Michael Roizen Dr. Michael Roizen is the Cleveland Clinic’s first Chief Wellness Officer, and the author of four New York Times best-sellers.  He’s won several awards in the medical community, given over 1200 lectures, and made appearances on Oprah, The Today Show, CNN, CBS, Good Morning America, and more, he writes a daily newspaper column and…

Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises another $1.7M to scale across MENA

Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises $1.7M to scale across MENA There’s a vast unmet demand for medical consultation in developing markets like Egypt due to low doctor supply. As of 2018, Egypt’s doctor to citizen ratio stood at 1:2,000; you can paint a picture when you walk into any government hospital and see long queues. These problems and pandemic-changing … Read More from…