Record-breaking Health Problems

Scientists consider why sickness is such a prevalent part of modern living.


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From antibiotics to X-rays, medical technology impacts our health on a daily basis. While we’d like to think that our lives are improving and sickness is diminishing, a recent article on Live Science examines why humans are actually suffering from some illnesses at record-breaking rates. Diabetes, obesity, and even hay fever are now more common than ever. It’s no secret that increasingly sedentary lifestyles and junk-food-fueled diets mean childhood obesity and asthma occurrences are also at all-time highs. Their standard prescription seems to persist: move more and eat less to live a longer, illness-free existence.

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