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Nutraceuticals and Preventive Health: Rethinking Wellness for the 21st Century
(Book Rivers, 2026) Ambareen Fatima Ahmed
The 21st century has witnessed an unprecedented global surge in chronic non-communicable diseases. This epidemiological shift necessitates a transition from reactive clinical treatment to proactive preventive healthcare models. This chapter examines the role of nutraceuticals, functional foods, and dietary supplements in disease prevention, healthy ageing, and holistic wellness. Drawing upon recent interdisciplinary literature, the text explores how specific bioactive compounds modulate physiological mechanisms to mitigate cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurodegenerative risks. The chapter contextualises these nutritional interventions within public health promotion, emphasising the crucial need for improved nutrition literacy and the integration of preventive strategies into community care frameworks. Ethical complexities, including global regulatory gaps, commercial misinformation, and socioeconomic accessibility, undergo key analysis points. Finally, the chapter highlights emerging patterns, particularly artificial intelligence- driven personalised nutrition and precision wellness.
Joyful and Mindful Approaches to Drug Discovery Education: Future-Ready Skill
(Book Rivers, 2026) Widhilika Singh
The pharmaceutical sciences are facing an important turning point. Innovation demands are rising while students are facing burnout and lack of interest. This chapter proposes a ‘happy learning’ outline for drug discovery and delivery education. It combines positive psychology, mindfulness and playful pedagogy with strong scientific training. Educational neuroscience, suggests that short reflective practices can improve the mental flexibility needed for molecular design. Gamified virtual laboratories and story-based or clinical case-based assignments can make complex subjects such as nanocarrier systems and AI-based drug design more engaging, creative and enjoyable. A future-ready model replaces high-stakes examinations with mastery-based micro-credentials, collaborative hackathons and interdisciplinary global health challenges. The learning environment, from the physical laboratory to the teacher’s mentoring role, supports psychological safety, inner motivation, and the confidence needed to discover the medicines of tomorrow. A joyful and mindful classroom is direct path to producing resilient, innovative and productive minds.
The Happy Learning Revolution: Building Joyful, Mindful, and Future-Ready Education
(Book Rivers, 2026) Huma Naz, Mehwish Siddiqui
Novel Drug Delivery Systems
(Book Rivers, 2026) Widhilika Singh
Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery
(Book Rivers, 2026) Widhilika Singh