2021 Flashback: Key Healthcare Trends That Will Shape your Health in 2022 & Be

With the vigorous advancements in technology-driven world, every day we have something extraordinary to explore in this world. Healthcare and technology go hand-in-hand.

2021 was a year full of surprises and new challenges with ongoing coronavirus, isn’t it? But with grit and determination, we sailed our ship smoothly facing all the barriers into 2022. Healthcare trends never fail to amaze us. So did in the last year. We tackled the ongoing crisis well with the advanced research in medicine, environmental health, and vaccine and healthcare facilities.

As we are at the beginning of this year, let’s discuss the popular healthcare trends that can help you shape your health in 2022 and beyond for healthful life.

• Flexitarian Diet: The popular trend we see gaining attention is a Flexitarian Diet, which includes converting your diet from Non-vegetarian food to vegetarian and then slowly transitioning into veganism. When an individual follows a flexitarian diet, he\she has to limit the consumption of meat and animal products while focusing more on nutritious plant-based foods. The Flexitarian Diet encourages not only limiting meat and animal products but also highly processed foods, refined grains, and added sugar.
• Biohacking: A method that helps you keep a track of your body cycle and control your own biology is known as biohacking. Biohacking, a technique gaining popularity in the western world, is simply a criterion that determines your body type, eating patterns, and lifestyle suited best for your body needs. It is an experiment on your body that works by altering your daily lifestyle in order to live your best life. Biohacking does not have to be expensive as it can be simple and free. Some simple tasks like Switching Wi-Fi off at night, taking cold showers, or getting prolonged exposure to natural light can help you with this trend.
• Genomics: Genomics and Gene editing enable us to influence specific traits that are inherited by new living cells when new proteins are created by the division of existing cells. These phenotypes (traits) govern the cell’s longevity, its ability to survive against injury or illness, and many other health factors. By manipulating these phenotypes through techniques such as CRISPR-Cas9, scientists have already made many advances in treatments of killer diseases, including muscular dystrophy, heart disease, and cancer.
• Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Artificial intelligence is one of the biggest disruptions in the healthcare sector. AI is a technique that can look at a patient’s Electronic Health Records (EHR) and predict possible health consequences such as heart attacks and prevent adverse outcomes. Many healthcare platforms are increasingly switching to AI to improve their simplicity, precision, and usefulness. Because of COVID-19, people have become familiar with molecular tests such as PCR and next generation genomic and protein sequencing. Data generated from these platforms is intertwined with AI to build models, discover new treatments and understand the molecular basis of any particular human disease.

Over to you:

We all know that technology has made it possible for doctors to get automated updates about their patients and provide real-time medical intervention. These healthcare trends have helped the health and wellness industry grow at a rapid rate. You should give a read to these trends as they might help you shape your health in the next coming years too!