Why ageing should be classified as a disease - The Conversation But the Roman physician Galen argued that while diseases are abnormal, ageing is universal, so ageing is a natural process rather than a disease This dichotomy persists to this day and frames
Is Aging a Disease? The Theoretical Definition of Aging in . . . Understanding aging as a disease seems to imply its medicalization, which has important practical consequences In this paper, we analyze the question of whether aging is a disease by appealing to the concept of disease in the philosophy of medicine
Association versus Causation - Boston University School of . . . When considering the relationship between exposures and health outcomes, it is important to distinguish between association and causation Epidemiologists ultimately want to be able to draw conclusions about causation, but most epidemiologic studies focus on establishing associations
Aging and “Age-Related” Diseases - What Is the Relation? The study explores the intricate relationship between aging and the development of noncommunicable diseases [NCDs], focusing on whether these diseases are inevitable consequences of aging or primarily driven by lifestyle factors
10 Causality and Causal Thinking in Epidemiology Discuss the 3 tenets of human disease causality; Explain how causal thinking plays a role in the epidemiology research process; Apply epidemiologic causal thinking to common exposure disease problems