But because of my profession (medical research), sometimes I take my time to look into contemporary health issues. I am involved in cancer research. Yet, many human diseases are interconnected. Certain non-immediately-lethal conditions, like obesity and diabetes, can affect your physical condition greatly and the path to your eventual death. Diabetes is a risk factor for heart attack, stroke, cancer and Alzheimer's disease, for example. That is a reason why I make time to study other diseases.
For doing that, Valentine's day weekend is just as good as any other weekend [Hmph].
Pick your death:
1. Heart Attack
2. Stroke
3. Cancer
4. Alzheimer's disease
5. Infection
6. Homicide/violence
7. Accident
8. Other lethal disease
9. Old age
Your family history may suggest a path you might likely take. One thing we cannot escape is eventual death. Like the "Fight club" guy said, given long enough time, our survival rate drops to zero.
However, we do want to live a life with better quality. And even though we will eventually die, we want to die as painless as possible, or want to ease the pain for others. We do not want to be bothered by diseases that tarnish the quality of life.
You pick one death from above (maybe not option 9). Do you feel it is personal now? Good. Next, you can choose to make it your cause that you dedicate to reduce in some ways. Then you can say that your work is not only for yourself but for humankind.
See? It is easy to live for greater good.
Death curve and age
from https://www.env.go.jp/en/wpaper/1995/eae240000000000.html
