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TechTalk: Wellness gone wireless
When it comes to telehealth, "the future is now," according to a report from telehealth provider MDLive that looks at trends and opportunities in this emerging area.
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Digitalization among key household market opportunities
The rapid globalization of Internet access is digitalizing households "at an unprecedented rate," according to Euromonitor International's 2018 Global Overview of Homes, which focuses on market trends through 2030.
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Food choices linked to death from heart disease and diabetes
Nutrition science is a complex field, yet there is consensus that what we eat can influence physical and cognitive health (National Academies of Science, Nutrition across the Lifespan).
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Global "wellness" market hits $3.7 trillion
How do you define wellness? A new report includes spas and mineral springs, fitness/mind-body, wellness tourism, workplace wellness, wellness real estate and beauty/anti-aging among 10 sectors.
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Some cities better than others for successful aging
A ranking 352 metropolitan areas in the United States included factors that contribute to an older adult’s well-being as well as measures of cost of living, availability of health care, employment and educational opportunities. In smaller metropolitan areas, Iowa City, Iowa;
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Investors feel prospects are good for seniors housing real estate
As noted in the recent “Housing America’s Older Adults—Meeting the Needs of an Aging Population” (Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and AARP Foundation), summarized in the ICAA Research Review No. 27 two weeks ago, the number of people 50 years and older is expected to grow to 132 million by 2030, which requires that the supply of age appropriate housing also increase. Are developers heeding the demographic shift?
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