Health & Wellbeing

Diabetes has become a worldwide epidemic, with cases on the rise in both developing and developed nations. The American Diabetes Association, International Expert Committee, and the World Health Organization recommend using the HbA1c test to diagnose prediabetes and diabetes.  Now that Wheel of Life™ supports HbA1c tracking, let’s dig deeper into it. This simple blood test […]

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of physical activity among people worldwide has significantly declined due to lockdowns and reduced accessibility to gyms and outdoor public spaces. Physical inactivity has also had a significant impact on health and life insurers, given how low activity levels can cause a wide range of chronic […]

This June 7th is World Food Safety Day, an international day that has been recognized since its inception in 2018. The theme for this year is “Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow,” but what exactly does that mean for the average person in 2021? According to the World Health Organization, “Recognizing the systemic connections […]

Lung cancer was once an extremely rare disease in humans. So rare that doctors considered it a once-in-a-lifetime event to discover a case among their patients. Now, however, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, accounting for 1.8 million deaths in 2020 alone. This is a stunning statistic on its own, but […]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to focus on ending the stigma of mental illness as well as amplifying systems of support available to those who may be struggling in our communities. Mental disorders like anxiety and depression are so common that nearly one in six individuals will have experienced one or both […]

The theme of World Earth Day this year is “Restore Our Earth,” a nod to the need to focus on restoration as a way to combat climate change. Efforts like reforestation and a focus on green technologies are the future of the movement to save our planet. Our Shared Responsibility As a global Healthtech company, […]

With the International Day of Happiness coming up on March 20th, now is the perfect time to dig into how happiness and a sense of wellbeing can positively affect overall physical and mental health. Researchers are still trying their best to identify the specific connection between health and happiness. Does one cause the other, or […]

Globally, cancer is the second leading cause of death, with estimates declaring that 1 in 6 deaths occurs due to cancer. The widespread disease is not only costing us many lives globally, but it also comes with an expensive price tag for our economy. The global annual economic cost of cancer in 2010 was estimated […]

We’re now concluding our in-depth series of Wheel of LifeTM blogs with our last and seventh piece on the mindfulness category. Meditation and mindfulness are not new practices. Some archaeologists date meditation back to as early as 5,000 BCE. However, in recent decades, these Eastern-born practices have gained tremendous popularity worldwide and have become mainstream. […]

As we’re coming to the end of our Wheel of LifeTM weekly blogs, one of the remaining categories to discuss is self-control. The self-control section of our Wheel encompasses alcohol, caffeine and nicotine consumption, so we’ll explore the overall dangers associated with consumption (or overconsumption) of these substances. Nicotine Consumption Nicotine, a highly addictive substance, […]