The Science contributions Care and preservation of health throughout history have ensured an improvement in the extension of human life, as well as have served to facilitate the full development of diseases and conditions.
The development of science and technology in order to simplify human life has taken great importance in areas such as medicine, automobile and pharmaceutical industry, telecommunications or transportation.
One of the main concerns of the human being has been to have the capacity to guarantee his physical integrity and, at the same time, the environment that surrounds him.
Scientific development has sought to counteract the damage done to the environment in order to guarantee the future of humanity.
Today, simplification is tied to the maximization of effectiveness, with the least possible resources.
However, it should be recognized that alternative efforts for health conservation continue to be considered a minority compared to traditional methods that continue to be applied massively.
Main contributions of science in health
Treatment of new diseases
One of the greatest contributions that science has made to the areas of medicine and pharmacy has been the continuous ability to develop compounds capable of coping with the greatest number of conditions affecting the human body.
Diseases that only a century ago were considered dead today have found their cure in the form of a pill or injection; Some have even been eradicated from the environment.
The emergence of new diseases has also presented a challenge, and has been sought to counter them in the most effective way possible.
Today the alternatives are many; Even in the face of incurable illnesses, there are methods to carry out treatments that keep the fatal outcome of the disease suppressed, prolonging the life of the affected person.
Prosthetic advances
The physical integrity of the human body has been one of the factors that more sacrifice has suffered when it is affected by degenerative, expansive or incurable diseases.
The advancement of science and technology has allowed the development of prosthetics increasingly advanced, getting to the point of receiving nerve signals to ensure their movement.
Although this type of project has not yet been implemented on a massive scale, the cases so far have shown a high percentage of effectiveness, which reduces the social and work limitations of a person who should be deprived of any limb or body part.
Chemistry of food
Once the chemical composition of the food that man is accustomed to consuming has been discovered, specialized areas of chemistry Began to work in the intervention and manipulation of the food with the aim of optimizing its effects in the man.
The discovery of elements such as gluten, which internally affects those who are allergic to it, has generated new alternatives for food and food production; As well as the establishment of new regulations worldwide that ensure correct food handling.
The genetic intervention of basic foods, practiced massively by the great powers, has been involved in a worldwide controversy.
While it has yielded scientifically important results for nutritional maximization, the chemicals used have also shown a long-term harmfulness to the human body.
Healthier Work Dynamics
Decades ago, working conditions in certain industries could be highly damaging to health.
Work in the mining, chemical, oil, etc. It could harm a person's health and accelerate its deterioration progressively.
Between the twentieth and twenty-first century, having greater knowledge of all the processes involved in industrial areas, and in order to provide the best labor, social and economic conditions to modern man, new international regulations have been imposed as a result of investigations Which demonstrated the harmful nature of certain labor industries.
The application of new techniques, the replacement of man by the machine in high risk jobs, the simplification of other processes, have produced a better working scenario in high risk areas today.
Electronic Health Care Devices
Science has been behind almost every electronic device used today; Some of these are meant to allow man to monitor internal patterns of his body, such as heart rate, and have a better sense of his state of health.
This type of artifacts has popularized self-observation, which has allowed the average citizen to develop their perception about their evils and how he can try to overcome them.
Chemical product simplification
The effectiveness of many domestic and industrial products was linked to the potency of the elements that compose them.
Once the damage that they can do (in the form of gaseous pollutants toxic waste) is known, industries have been focused on ensuring the same effectiveness of their products, doing minimal damage to the environment and human health.
Healthier Alternative Energy Sources
Since its discovery, the Petroleum And its derivatives became one of the main fuels applied to the industrial, energy and transport areas.
The use of oil and the release of carbon dioxide contribute to global warming and climate change, Phenomena that have an impact on health .
Once the environmental damages and the health that their residues were capable of causing were evidenced, work began on sustainable and equally effective alternatives.
The creation of new types of fuels has allowed to reduce the petroleum dependency, working with controlled organic matter as a new source of energy.
The use of natural gas in automobiles and other forms of transport has become popular in several Western societies.
The production of energy, through wind, hydroelectric or solar processes, has served to guarantee the energetic demand of good amount of territories, as well as the capacity to reduce the pollutant emissions of thermoelectric plants.
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