KINE 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Aspirin, Orthopedic Surgery, Fibromyalgia
12 Dec 2016
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Genetic composition-study of twins sweden (genes count for about 30 % of longevity) Lifestyle-changes will still occur but not as fast. Environment-grew up in the war, less food (poor nutrition) etc. 80% of people over 65 have a chronic disease, or 2 or 3. Today"s research in chronic diseases is to compress morbidity (so people get chronic diseases later in life) The largest decrease in death from chronic diseases is heart disease ( medical advancements) largest increase in chronic diseases is diabetes. Canada changed to cancer than heart disease, in world still heart disease. Sit a lot, car centred society, less walking, 2 incomes so can afford to eat out alot. Health care budget in canada 200 billion and 80 % goes to looking after people with chronic diseases (doctor care, hospital care,home care), People with chronic diseases visit doctors more often, specialists, dealing with nurses for blood work, emergency rooms, on drugs.
