Background Information
In spite of the large amounts of money spent, and the scientific efforts of so many talented and dedicated scientists, engineers, and medical researchers, the medical advances have not been good enough to solve effectively the difficult health problems from which the world is suffering today. As you know, great progress has been made mainly in the areas of diagnosis, and treatment of symptoms, but not as much in the areas of cures. For instance, diseases, such as, cancer, Parkinson’s, dementia, Alzheimer’s, and others, are currently incurable.
To help this situation, “World Health Organization (WHO)”, and other organizations, are conducting epidemiological studies worldwide, hoping to identify trends and subsequently pin point the causes of these diseases. They are using questionnaires, collect data, analyse them statistically, and make their findings available in yearly reports.
To complement WHO’s efforts, a non-profit organization named,“For a Kinder World (FKW)”, has developed an INTERNET based computer software system, named “A MACROSCOPIC VIEW OF A DISEASE”. The system includes about 70 self-explanatory questions which a potential participant should answer anonymously. The answers to these questions are used to create a database, where the answers are stored and subsequently analysed. The results of the analysis are accessible via computer, tablet, and mobil phone in real time. They can be viewed by anyone at a glance, and at no cost.
This DISEASE - FACTOR CONNECTION is presented in a simple graph and tabular form, for interpretation. More specifically, you will be able to find out which factors are probably affecting a disease for individuals from a certain country, gender, ethnicity, age, etc.
This information is the result of processing numerous responses of individuals and it may serve as a warning of the dangerous factors that you should be most seriously concerned. These warning signs will alert you, and help you make life style and other changes that may affect your health for the best. Furthermore, they may help the researchers to focus their research to the most important factors associated with a disease faster.
Obviously, the larger the number of participants, and the more accurately the answers to the questions will be, the more correct and useful are going to be the conclusions.