Saving Lives In Slow Motion

Prevention

11.25.2022 - By Dr Ayan PanjaPlay

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This episode is about prevention. What do we mean by it and how can we make prevention accessible?

There is prevention on a public health level but also we take precautions as individuals.

I look at examples of both and try to separate out the different types plus a living example of prevention at work (Dr David Unwin).

Links: 

Global patterns of disease: https://ourworldindata.org/burden-of-disease

Non-communicable disease: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/noncommunicable-diseases

Leading causes of global mortality: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death

The DASH diet: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/dash-diet/art-20048456

Turmeric and Alzheimer’s Disease: https://actaneurocomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40478-018-0577-2

Press ups and heart disease: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2724778

Dr David Unwin and his work on diabetes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlKDM3SDHPA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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