Posted by Martin Willensdorfer on December 09, 19101 at 08:19:19:
TOPIC:
# 21: In general, people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of
this phenomenon. Use specific reasons and details to develop your
essay.
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It is well known that people live longer and healthier today than they
did in the past. I think that this is caused by substantial
improvements in medicine, lifestyle and working conditions.
Certainly, medical improvements contribute the most to the longer life
of people nowadays. For instance, because of antibiotics some
previously serious infections can be cured easily today. Additionally,
several people would not live as long as they do if scientists had not
developed some common vaccines. Besides these great opportunities to
defeat microbiological organisms, the improvement in surgery have to
be considered as well. For example, heart transplantations expand the
lifespan of hundreds of people.
But not only medical improvements are responsible for the increasing
lifespans. Additionally, the way we live contributes to this
phenomenon as well. Comparing, e.g., the food we eat today with the
food my grandparents ate, one notices that my grandparents were used
to eat large amounts of meat. But today everyone knows that it is
healthier to eat vegetables or fruits. Of course, healthier food
contributes to the average lifespan as well.
Finally, work today is different too. It is not as hard and more
attention is payed to the working environment and the effect it has on
the health of the worker. Additionally, dangerous work is generally
carried out by machines, decreasing the death rate further.
Summarizing, improved technologies in medicine, a better lifestyle and
better working conditions are from my point of view the major reasons
for the prolonged and healthier life encountered nowadays.