There is more health data in circulation than ever before as DNA home-testing kits and biometric tracking apps proliferate. Canvas8 spoke to Barbara Prainsack, author of Personalized Medicine, to understand whether this level of personalisation in medicine is empowering or endangering patients.

Wellness brand Goop has come under fire for peddling ‘alternative medicine’ with pseudoscientific claims – yet the backlash had little effect on fans. Amid increasingly unaffordable healthcare and falling pharmaceutical trust, how are unconventional remedies giving people a sense of control?

A Chinese medical graduate student has built a robot to bring acupuncture into the 21st century. As greater spending power threatens to make time-honoured remedies obsolete, Acubots is merging tech advances and age-old practices for those who value progress as well as tradition.

What makes the perfect trip abroad? Lounging on a beach with a cocktail? A day exploring historical landmarks? How about undergoing a medical procedure? Medical tourism from Chinese tourists is booming, as the nation’s wealthy look overseas for their healthcare needs.