Children born today will live more than a hundred years thanks to the evolution of medical research – technology and their application in everyday life.
This was emphasized by Mr. Dionysios F. Kokkinos, Emeritus Professor of the Medical School of the University of Athens, Honorary Director and Scientific Associate of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center and Director of the Cardiovascular Department of the University topic “Translation research in Public Health”.
“Medical research in combination with the evolution of technology and their clinical application are the main factors that have helped decisively increase human life expectancy,” said Mr. Kokkinos and added
“In America, according to scientific studies, from 1970 to 2000 we had an increase in life expectancy by three years.”
According to the data of scientific studies, this is due to two main reasons.
Improving the quality of care
and treatment at a rate of 50 to 75%
In lifestyle changes and prevention at a rate of 25 to 50%
It is worth noting that before 1700 the expectation of human survival increased by only one year in a period of 10,000 years. compared to the past, at current levels.
According to Mr. Kokkinos, the clinical application of the research has contributed decisively to the treatment of infectious and other diseases, but at the same time to the faster treatment of people.
Identify the main causes of important diseases such as:
hypertension
– eclampsia obesity
– diabetes diabetes
– heart disease
At the same time contributed:
Faster knowledge transfer
Reduction of treatment costs
Reducing clinical practice research distance
Today, according to scientific studies, the main causes of human death come from:
Cardiovascular diseases
Cancer
Respiratory diseases
Based on these data, the great interest of medical research is focused on the treatment of: Of hypertension
Smoking
Of dyslipidemia
Of obesity
According to Mr. Kokkinos, the development of Telemedicine – Telephony, Clinical information systems and regional and National databases will play a key role in improving the quality of human health in the coming years.
Already, according to an American study, interventions with the help of digital health can reduce cardiovascular risk by up to 40%.
“Research is essential for the progress and the dizzying advancement of techniques makes it necessary to develop evaluation methods,” said Mr. Kokkinos. “Smokers (and passives) are a top priority.”
SOURCE: http://smokefreegreece.gr/
