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It will be a great help for the people of small islands if they can find any early detection of symptoms. By adapting these systems, people can save lives as well as huge medical costs.
Our proposal is to introduce an internet based integrated remote diagnostic system which is available at any country in the world. (Oshiro 9/20/2009) |
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The senior population in small islands is increasing every year. This means that seniors who need medical care and assistant are increasing and nursing homes are highly demanded. The immense medical expenses are a heavy burden to finances of the local administration and that leads to the increase of individual medical expenses or the deterioration of the quality of medical services.
If you become seriously ill on a small island, not only will you have a big burden, your family will have this burden as well. When I think of ways to avoid this kind of situation, the simple answer is to try not to become sick. I know it is impossible, so here is one solution to help with this problem. We need to think of ways to make a healthy environment for people in islands to protect them from becoming sick.
"Apoplexy", "cancer", and "cardiac disease" are the major serious illnesses but these can be prevented and improved by dietary or exercise therapies. We need to change bad lifestyles to prevent serious illnesses. The myth that people of Okinawa are one of the most healthiest people in the world is no longer true. We should change habits like bad dietary, lack of exercise, and drinking, which become the factors of diseases. A simple change in bad habits can lead to a much more rewarding life style for people and would hopefully relieve them of any financial of heath problems. It is important to have the right approach towards health by setting up curriculums for dietary and exercise therapies. (Children, adults and seniors should have different curriculums.)
I saw a TV program about a local administration that made an exercise facility for seniors that introduces a special weight training to build up muscles in the legs and in the back.
As a result, medical expenses of those seniors who participated in this program fell 20%.
Also, Taichi class was useful to improve back pains and to improve overall health. How about making a professional team that would advertise a "health improvement movement" with the local administration, starting with one big health project where anyone can participate in?
(Hana 10/28/2009) |
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