Institute of Gerontology of Kyiv: study of problems of aging and treatment of "elderly" diseases

A person has always wondered why aging of an organism takes place and how to slow down this process. The first studies in this field of medicine began in different countries for a long time, and Ukraine was no exception. In its capital is an excellent institute of gerontology named after D. F. Chebotarev.

The Institute of Gerontology in Kiev employs about six hundred people, including more than a hundred scientists, thirty-three doctors of sciences, forty-four candidates of sciences and twelve professors. The scientific base of the institution is quite powerful.

A bit of history

The Institute of Gerontology in Kiev is located on Kurenivka, which is one of the most picturesque corners of the city. He was founded in May 1958, and initially he was the Institute of Gerontology and Experimental Pathology of the USSR. The institution was located precisely in the capital of Ukraine because this country played and plays an important role in the development of gerontology. In Ukraine, also worked famous I. Mechnikov (Mechnikov clinic is located in the city of Dnepropetrovsk).

In 1938 AA Bogomolets, who was the President of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, held one of the first world conferences devoted to longevity and aging.

The first director of the institute and its founder was the student Bogomolets - the famous pathophysiologist M. M. Gorev. Beginning in 1961, DF Chebotarev, who is a broad-profile clinician, became head of the administration. Further, since 1988, the head of the institute was his pupil V. V. Bezrukov, specializing in the physiology of aging of the body and the gerontology of the social.

Directions of scientific activity of the Institute

The scientific activity of the Institute of Gerontology in Kiev is divided into three main areas:

• Biology of aging. Here, factors that slow or accelerate aging are studied, mechanisms of aging at a fundamental level are investigated.
• Geriatrics and clinical gerontology. Clinical and experimental relationships of age-related pathologies and the aging process are studied here, the main diseases characteristic of the elderly are studied, and methods of treatment, prevention and diagnosis of diseases are developed and improved.
• Geohygiene and sotsgerontologiya. In this direction, the living conditions of the country's population, people's work activities, demographic situation are analyzed. This allows us to find out how these factors affect the health and life expectancy of people.

Clinic of the Institute and its activities

In the Institute of Gerontology in Kiev, namely in the clinic, the treatment, diagnosis and rehabilitation of elderly people with diseases such as hypertension, IHD, obstructive pulmonary emphysema and chronic bronchitis, osteoporosis, osteochondrosis, joint diseases, circulatory disorders of the brain, disease Parkinson's and others. Here, the methods of diagnosing and preventing rapid aging of the organism are developed and introduced into the practice of health care. Attention is paid to the development of non-drug treatment methods for elderly and elderly people.

What specialists are taking in the clinic?

Reviews of the Institute of Gerontology in Kiev indicate that high-level specialists work there. A total of 65 doctors work in the clinic and polyclinic, including 7 candidates of science. Every year, the clinic is treated by about three and a half thousand people, and the polyclinic examines about fourteen thousand people.

Reception is conducted by such specialists as:

• Therapist, endocrinologist and cardiologist.
• Neuropathologist, orthopedist-traumatologist and otolaryngologist.
• The doctor of functional diagnostics.
• Gynecologist and urologist.
• Dentist.

Also, if necessary, patients are given ECG. Comments of patients of the Institute of Gerontology of Kyiv suggest that doctors successfully cope even with complex tasks. The staff of the establishment is courteous and courteous. Among the scientists of the Institute there are even laureates of the State Prize (14 scientists).

Surely, someday you will want to make an appointment with the Institute of Gerontology in Kiev. Contacts of this institution located at: Kyiv, ul. Vyshgorodskaya, 67, can be found on the official website of the institute.

We are sure that it is here that a drug against aging will be invented, and the person's life expectancy will really increase. We wish you and your family good health and long life!