Nowadays, people are living much longer than ever before. Some of the main reasons are the improvement of medication and better nutrition available to everyone.
Nowadays, medical care is more available to people. Although not everyone can get the best heath care, everyone can get basic treatment and get advice from doctors. When people are seriously ill, they can go to a public hospital and the hospital will take care of them. Years ago, health care wasn’t available to everyone. Basically, the hospital was far away from town and it was too expensive to pay the bills for doctors or medicine. Even though people made their own traditional medicines, some of them worked and some of them did not.
The quality of medical care has improved, that’s also a factor in longevity. Doctors do know more about the cause of diseases and how to take care of them. Years ago, doctors only knew about basic diseases and cures. Medicine was not very advanced. People could die from something as simple as an infection from a cut. Now we have antibiotics and other medicines to help cure infections easily.
People are also living longer now because of better nutrition. We're eating healthier food than we used to, which has reduced the number of people with heart disease and cancer. We try to eat low-fat foods and eat more vegetables and fruits, which are now available year-round.
Advanced medical care and healthy eating habits have greatly extended our life spans. What we need to do now is to make sure that everyone in the world has these benefits.
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