KINE 3350 Lecture Notes - Cardiac Stress Test, Heart Valve, Dash Diet
29 Mar 2014
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Changes are inevitable, people change as they age: genes genes account for about 25% of longevity. People who are studying genes today realize that people who live to 100 carry genes that give them protection from things that kill other people. If they identify these genes, they can increase the longevity of people: lifestyle, environment age related changes will be more extreme if someone was malnourished or lived in a bad area when growing up. Disorders (chronic diseases) 80% of seniors who are +65 have at least 1 chronic disease. The big 2 are diabetes and high blood pressure. In terms of life expectancy, many people live the last 10 years of their life in morbidity (they live the last 10 years with a chronic disease). This is a huge healthcare cost; we spend out of every on healthcare for those with chronic diseases.
