Epidemiological investigations of risk factors for selected diseases

The research subject of this project is diseases that are of importance to our population: -CVD (myocardial infarction, stroke, hypertension) -Malignant diseases (breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, lung cancer) -Endocrine diseases (diabetes type 1 and 2, metabolic syndrome, osteoporosis) -Addictive diseases (smoking, alcoholism, use of other psychoactive substances) -STD (HIV/AIDS, gonorrhoea, syphilis) and -Other diseases (Parkinson's disease, genital lichen sclerosis et atroficus). The use of epidemiological methods of research, descriptive and analytical, would help in: -Assessment of the scope and importance that certain diseases have in the pathology of our population; -Identification of risk factors for selected diseases which will form the basis for planning adequate preventive measures; -Formulation of new hypotheses about the factors related with the occurrence of selected diseases; -Identification of prognostic factors for survival of various malignant diseases; -Investigation of the quality of life of people with selected health disorders; -Identification of factors that lead to inequalities in health and health care of vulnerable groups; -Investigation of health-economic aspects of various health disorders using cost-effectiveness analysis will help in selection between various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as well as in the choice of preventive measures.