The war and the psycho-emotional stress caused by it has accelerated the ageing of Ukrainians.
Source: Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko
The head of the Ministry of Health noted that in a year or two, the number of cases of oncological and cardiovascular diseases will increase among Ukrainians.
“Now we have the most informatized war in the history of mankind, we see events almost live, this greatly affects the psycho-emotional state. According to preliminary calculations and studies conducted by leading scientists, such a prolonged impact on the psycho-emotional state of a person leads to the fact that he ages 10-15 years earlier, that is, now at the age of 40 we will face up with diseases that usually happened at 60,” Lyashko said.
He said that the Ministry of Health of Ukraine is preparing for the fact that in a year or two, the number of cases of oncological and cardiovascular diseases, that is, heart attacks and strokes, will increase.
Earlier, Viktor Lyashko said that due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the population of the country would have negative consequences for mental health, as well as various diseases.
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