TY - JOUR A1 - Kremer, Regina A1 - Wild, Philipp T1 - Prevention is better than a cure : Philipp Wild is betting on bio-databases to predict diseases and their course of development T1 - Vorbeugen ist besser als heilen : Philipp Wild setzt auf Biodatenbanken, um Krankheiten und ihren Verlauf vorherzusagen T2 - Forschung Frankfurt : das Wissenschaftsmagazin N2 - Professor Wild, one of your main areas of activity is the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Since 2010/2011, they have accounted for approximately half of all deaths worldwide. Cardiovascular diseases are in fact frequently multi-causal. In addition to risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and nicotine abuse, genetic predispositions, family and social influences and environmental factors also play a role – as do mental illnesses and personality. A single factor normally only has a very small influence, but several ones can lead to illness through accumulation. Since the risk factors are known, targeted prevention is possible. Unfortunately, health insurance companies often do not offer comprehensive prevention as part of standard service... N2 - In der Tat sind Herz-Kreis­lauf-Erkrankungen häufig multikausal. Neben Risikofaktoren wie Bluthochdruck, Diabetes, Nikotinmissbrauch spielen die genetische Veranlagung, familiäre und soziale Einflüsse sowie Umwelt­faktoren eine Rolle, auch eigene psychische Erkrankungen und die Persönlichkeit. Ein einzelner Faktor hat in der Regel nur einen kleinen Einfluss, aber mehrere können durch Akkumulation zur Erkrankung führen. ... Y1 - 2019 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55161 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-551617 UR - https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/project/prevention-is-better-than-a-cure/ SN - 0175-0992 VL - 36 IS - 2 SP - [6] EP - [11] PB - Univ. Frankfurt, Campusservice CY - Frankfurt, M. ER -