Healthy Colon, Healthy Life

Healthy life years (HeaLYs)

Years of healthy life.

Increasing the span of healthy life for Americans is one of the three broad goals of Healthy People 2000 (1). The years of healthy life measure has been selected for monitoring progress toward this goal. The sources and methods used for calculating years of healthy life are described in this issue of Statistical Notes. Estimated years of healthy life measures for 1990 for the total U.S. populat...

Inequities in the Freedom to Lead a Flourishing and Healthy Life: Issues for Healthy Public Policy

There are many reasons for the health inequities that we see around the world today. Public policy and the way society organises its affairs affects the economic, social and physical factors that influence the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age - the social determinants of health. Tackling health inequities is a political issue that requires leadership, political cour...

Healthy Life Expectancy Is Expanding.

This is a very complex issue given that the issue involves many factors, including genetics, socioeconomic status, culture, and the quality and availability of healthcare services. Furthermore, it is not easy to define many of the above elements (e.g., culture, quality). Even if we could, determining the individual effects of components that we know can influence healthy life expectancy (HLE) (...

Quality of life in epileptic patients compared with healthy people

Background: Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder that has a great impact on people’s lives. Patients with epilepsy are at increased risk for poor Quality of Life (QoL). The objective of this study was to evaluate the QoL of epileptic patients in comparison to healthy persons.   Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 52 epileptic patients from Golbu regi...