Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has conducted a national survey to assess the country's opinions on health — including their feelings about curing the chronic diseases the afflict many Americans.
The Mayo Clinic National Health Check-Up survey was conducted in December 2015 and includes responses from more than 1,000 adults (18 years and older) living in the continental United States.
Overall, many Americans expressed confidence that scientists and healthcare professionals will be able to cure chronic diseases in the relatively near future.
In the next 10 years, many respondents think we will have cured:
- Diabetes — 46 percent
- Cancer — 35 percent
The chronic diseases roughly one-third of Americans think will be cured in the next 20 years include:
- Lou Gehrig's disease — 38 percent
- Parkinson's disease— 35 percent
- Alzheimer's disease— 34 percent
"At Mayo Clinic, we're in the midst of a number of exciting clinical trials that validate respondents' optimism about curing chronic diseases," said John T. Wald, MD, medical director for public affairs at Mayo Clinic. "It's important to note that funding for research will be paramount to achieving these milestones."
For more findings from the survey, click here.
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