Does my constant craving for art and history qualify me for a prescription? 😊
"A Swiss town is launching a new medical intervention for its residents: Free tickets to the museum.
The town of Neuchâtel has initiated a two-year pilot project covering the costs of “museum prescriptions” ordered by doctors who believe patients could benefit from a jaunt in the town’s four museums.
Fact-based (and artifact-based) medicine: The project is based on a 2019 WHO report that found the arts can bolster mental health and lower the risk of cognitive decline.
There are also physical benefits, say doctors who have issued scripts to patients who need more physical activity out of the house.
So far: ~500 prescriptions have been distributed in the town of 46,000, and town leaders hope to expand the program. ..."
Aerial view of Neuchâtel
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