Middle-aged and elderly people and cerebrovascular diseases

Author: Wu Sun
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: China's population structure is shifting towards aging, with this trend more pronounced in large and medium-sized cities. Taking Beijing as an example, the proportion of the population aged 60 and above reached 10.36% in 1987 and 12.48% in 1994. These figures indicate the accelerating aging trend in Beijing's population, with middle-aged and elderly individuals becoming the dominant demographic. The extension of human lifespan is a significant marker of social progress and an inevitable outcome of advancements in society, economy, and technology. However, as a developed and civilized society, there remains the critical issue of improving the quality of life and well-being for the aging population. Simply put, people desire both longevity and health, which should be a vital societal goal that the entire community strives to achieve.
The aspiration for "both longevity and health" is accelerating the transformation of medical paradigms, fostering rapid development in health revolutions, and driving the mindset renewal of healthcare professionals. A key point here is that healthcare providers must not only focus on patients but also on healthy individuals; they should not only offer medical technical services to patients but also provide medical knowledge services to the general population. This means that healthcare professionals must use methods such as health education, health promotion, health counseling, and health guidance to impart health-maintenance knowledge to people, enabling the public to develop self-care abilities and shift from being passive recipients of care to self-servants. Thus, it promotes the rise and development of self-care among the societal population.
In my view, this is one of the fundamental purposes of medical development, a key pathway to achieving longevity and health, and a crucial measure for realizing the goals of a developed and civilized society. Based on this understanding, we have organized a group of experienced elderly experts from Beijing's medical community and selected China Environmental Science Press to compile and publish this series, Medical Experts Discuss Middle-Aged and Elderly Health. The series aims to convey the mysteries of life and health-maintenance knowledge to the middle-aged and elderly friends in an accessible and engaging manner. It helps them grasp the "key" to longevity and health, enhancing their self-care capabilities.
The series not only explains knowledge related to the prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of common middle-aged and elderly diseases but also dedicates separate volumes to topics such as psychological disorders, health preservation, sexuality, and menopause. It can be said that this series offers a relatively comprehensive and in middle-aged and elderly health, with strong knowledge,, and readability. The series is not only beneficial for the health and longevity of every middle-aged and elderly person but also contributes significantly to the development of social, psychological, and biomedicine paradigms. It also plays a vital role in the comprehensive prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, chronic diseases, and degenerative diseases, which are poised to become the main killers of humanity.