Author: Thapelo Mowela
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How Artificial Intelligence Will Extend Human Healthspan
One day in the future when you need medical care, someone may examine you, diagnose the problem and provide you with a personalized therapy. Or even better, they might be able to bend the trajectory of your disease. This is the dream of modern medical science, which will be made possible by artificial intelligence. What…
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How Desert Salt From The Kalahari Is Taking the World By Storm
In this episode of The Business of Health Gisèle WERTHEIM AYMéS speaks to Oryx Desert Salt founder and entrepreneur Samantha Skyring, who is taking her exceptional Whole Foods brand, Oryx Desert Salt Global. Oryx Desert Salt is a unique pure crystal white natural desert salt. This pure salt is unrefined, unprocessed, and contains minerals and…
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Research Shows Women are Drinking More Alcohol During COVID
One in 10 adults struggles with alcohol. Alcohol is one of the most common forms of substance misuse, and a leading cause of preventable death and illness. Drinking more is also a major cause of work accidents and lost productivity, as well as a driver of broken family and personal relationships. Alcohol Use Disorder is…
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Alone. Together. Loved. Forever. A Memoir By Ingrid Lomas
Longevity Book List. Alone. Together. Loved. Forever. is a memoir with a difference. Yes, it is the life story of Ingrid Lomas, thus far, but it also happens to read more like an entertaining novel that has it’s beginning in her mother’s womb. By inviting the reader into her world, on a warmly personal level, Ingrid makes you feel that…
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New Podcast Brings The World of Psychiatry Into Your Home
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Fortunately, awareness about mental health and illness is gaining momentum and the ways of viewing people’s experiences is evolving. That’s…
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Orasis is Working On An Eye Drop As An Alternative To Reading Glasses
As you age, your ability to read without reading glasses diminishes. Orasis Pharmaceuticals is working on an eye drop as an alternative to using reading glasses. We spoke to Elad Kedar, CEO of emerging ophthalmic pharmaceutical company Orasis Pharmaceuticals, about an innovative pharmacological treatment for presbyopia, the gradual loss of the eyes’ ability to focus…
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Futurist Chunka Mui On How To Build A World Our Kids Can Thrive In
What if, instead of trying to predict the future, we could just pick the one we want – and then invent it? A Brief History of a Perfect Future, is a book by Chunka Mui, Paul Carroll, and Tim Andrews. It describes seven stunning technological advances that will occur by 2050 and shows how to combine…
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Quro Medical Is Building Africa’s Largest Virtual Hospital
In the The Business of Health this week, Gisele Wertheim Aymes speaks to Dr. Vuyane Mhlomi, Quro Medical’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. This fast growing digital healthcare start up aims to lead the way in Africa using tech driven home healthcare solutions. Quro Medical – Hospital-Level Care At Home Life Healthcare, a leading international healthcare…
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Wukina: South Africa’s First Hair Networking Company
According to the United Nations, the national demand for hair extensions and wigs is increasing again in South Africa. With 2017 as a reference year, the demand for hair was $39.6 million (purchasing price). This dropped to $33.5 million in 2018 to even lower demand in 2019 ($30.4 million). However, there in 2020, there was…
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The Biggest South African Medicinal Cannabis Trial Is Underway
20th August 2021. South Africa. The biggest cannabis medicinal trial in South Africa is conducted by a research facility called BioData.The trial is being led by Dr. Shiksha Gallow as the principal investigator. In this week’s Business of Health Gisele Wertheim Aymes spoke to Dr. Shiksha Gallow, the Medical Director of BioData about this groundbreaking…