The $350 Billion Longevity Mismatch in Women’s Health–Boston Consulting Group BCG’s new 2026 Global Study on Longevity finds that women, especially those undergoing their perimenopause or menopause, have the highest rates of unmet needs. A sex-differentiated longevity journey underlies the mismatch. Women age differently than men, spending more of their additional years in poor health and experiencing hormonal changes in stages rather than gradually.…
Study: Walking Faster as Important as Step Count in Lowering Mortality Risk A 2026 study from the University of Sydney found that a quicker walking speed may be just as effective as increasing step count in lowering the risk of both all-cause and cardiovascular deaths. People who achieved fewer than 5,000 steps per day at a rapid pace had a mortality risk similar to those…
Expo City Dubai Dubai South, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Located about 23mi/37km south of downtown Dubai, Expo City Dubai is a master-planned, mixed-use community aiming to become a model of a future-looking, innovation-driven, and people-centric city. Borne out of the legacy site of Expo 2020, it is the first ever World Expo site to be extensively repurposed into a permanent community, with over 80%…
Wellness’ Future Driver? Surge in Middle and Upper Classes in Non-Western World, Especially Asia  By Thierry Malleret, economist A Bullish Trend for Wellness:  Worries about what the future looks like are eminently subjective because concerns about the world are highly dependent on who we are and where we are. In the rich Western world, we are now victims of the pervasive feeling that the world (i.e.:…
The New Science of Inflammation: It’s All Interconnected–The New York Times Magazine The new science of chronic low-level inflammation (one of the leading causes of illness and death) is progressing at a staggering pace. More researchers are concluding that the body’s systems are completely interconnected, and inflammation is involved with everything. This has spawned the long-time wellness obsession about anti-inflammatory products/treatments. This article explains what it all means. Researchers now understand that low-level inflammation (i.e.: the prolonged activity of immune cells…
A 2026 study from the University of Eastern Finland (on 51 healthy adults) found that 30 minutes in a dry sauna sent every type of immune cell rushing into the bloodstream, including key infection fighters such as neutrophils and lymphocytes. A similar surge in white blood cells happens during exercise, as the body responds to possible threats. Regular sauna use has previously been linked to a range…
