http://www.leidenlangleven.nl/en/research

Within the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) scientific research is done on healthy ageing.

A long and healthy life is the result of genes, environmental factors, chance and the interaction between them.

A request is sent by email to obtain the information for which researches are made by LUMC >>> more at : https://www.lumc.nl/research/

http://www.un.org/ promoting and protecting good health worldwide

https://ourworldindata.org/eradication-of-diseases

• Antibiotics: (1950) The great era of discovery of present-day antibiotics begins, and WHO begins advising countries on their responsible use.
• Polio: (1988) The Global Polio Eradication Initiative 1988 is established at a time when polio paralyzed more than 350 000 people a year. Since then, polio cases have decreased by more than 99% because of immunization against the disease worldwide.​
• Small Pox: (1979) Following an ambitious 12-year global vaccination campaign led by WHO, smallpox is eradicated.
• Tuberculosis: (1995) The strategy for reducing the toll of tuberculosis (TB) is launched. At the end of 2013, more than 37 million lives had been saved through TB diagnosis and treatment under this strategy.
• AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: (2001) The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a new partnership and funding mechanism initially hosted by WHO, is created in collaboration with other UN agencies and major donors.
• Children's mortality: (2006) The number of children who die before their fifth birthday declines below 10 million for the first time in recent history.
• Heart Disease, diabetes, cancer: (2012) For the first time WHO Member States set global targets to prevent and control heart disease, diabetes, cancer, chronic lung disease and other noncommunicable diseases
• Ebola virus outbreak: (2014) The biggest outbreak of Ebola virus disease ever experienced in the world strikes West Africa. The WHO Secretariat activates an unprecedented response to the outbreak, deploying thousands of experts and medical equipment; mobilizing foreign medical teams and coordinating creation of mobile laboratories and treatment centres. In 2016 WHO announces zero cases of Ebola in West Africa, but warns that flare-ups of the disease are likely to continue and that countries in the region need to remain vigilant and prepared

read more on : https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death

https://www.who.int 5 tips for a healthy diet

Eat a variety of food

Cut back on salt

Reduce use of certain fats and oil

Limit sugar intake

Avoid hazardous and harmful alcohol use

https://www.nasa.gov Annual Highlights of Results from the International Space Station

Research Results Accomplishments

Research on ISS has allowed for innovations in surgical performance through the world’s first robotic technology capable of performing surgery inside MRI machines. This technology is making difficult brain tumor surgeries easier and impossible surgeries possible

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Nov 7, 2018