LifeScience pioneers personalized wellness
MANILA, Philippines - Filipinos are increasingly becoming health-conscious. One proof is the various running events happening every weekend, as well as the different new fitness regimens that are likewise becoming popular these days. The leading provider of research-based information on shoppers’ purchase and usage behavior, Kantar Worldpanel, revealed in a study released in August 2011 that 93 percent, from 83 percent in 2005, are buying healthy foods in 2010. Filipinos are likewise consciously reading the labels to ensure that they get really healthy foods before buying. The study also disclosed that there is a 13-percent increase from the 2005 number of Filipinos who exercise and a 17- percent increase in those making the effort to stay in shape.
In the forefront of this change is the LifeScience Center for Wellness and Preventive Medicine, a pioneer in preventive care and customized health management in the country. LifeScience seeks to improve the health and well-being of Filipinos by providing a venue for proactive health management. Through its ground-breaking Wellness Center, LifeScience comes fully equipped with up-to-date medical technologies and practices that can provide evidence-based assessment for an individual’s well-being and customized health regimen. In addition to its age management program, LifeScience is also offering preventive wellness through consultation and laboratory testing and analysis, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, intravenous therapy, ambulatory surgery, and kinesis training, among other things.
Dr. Ben Valdecañas, LifeScience’s medical director, stresses that LifeScience’s mission is to espouse a healthier approach of living for Filipinos.
More information on LifeScience is available at www.lifescience.ph. For inquiries, LifeScience can be reached at 828-LIFE (5433).
