Are we all hacking our health? Is an American hospital about to shake up the NHS? And are crystals, chakras and gurus due a comeback? As part of our Expert Outlook 2017 series, we speak to three health and beauty experts about how we will be looking after ourselves next year.

What are the main challenges threatening pharmacies today? Can independents survive amid an online takeover? And how are they adapting to in an increasingly fierce and regulated market? In the first of a two-part report, Canvas8 explores how the way we buy medicine is changing.

After taking the time to visit the doctor and waiting an hour at a pharmacy, no one wants to hear that their medication isn't in stock. Online service Capsule wants to resolve the pain points associated with conventional chemists, delivering prescription drugs straight to New Yorkers’ doors.

Tucked into the pockets of 44 million people in the US alone, iPhones have become our lives – and now they could save them, too. Apple’s ResearchKit is a platform for creating apps that collect medical data and it's got potential to completely alter personalised medicine and mobile health.