Program of the 3rd Scientific Conference “Lifestyle Medicine for Longevity. Blue Zone inspiration”
May 23-24, 2025, Poznan, Poland
10 educational credits and certificate – attend on-line access or in person:
Friday 23/5/2025 –> Room: 1010 Centrum Biologii Medycznej, Rokietnicka Str. 8
14.30. Registration
14.45 – 14,55 Opening Ceremony
Agnieszka Pluto-Pradzynska, PhD; Prof. Grzegorz Dworacki, MD, PhD
Session 1: Lifestyle across time and places – open to public for free – session in Polish with slides in English
14.,55- 15.15 Longevity factors in Blue Zones vs 6 pillars of Lifestyle Medicine.
Agnieszka Pluto-Pradzynska, PhD
15.15 – 15.35 A prescription for longevity from the highlanders of Istebna, Jaworzynka and Koniaków, the area of the Silesian Beskid.
Elzbieta Legierska, MSC, Guide in The Beskydy Museum in Wisla
15.35– 15.55 Senior Policy of the City of Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodship.
Magdalena Pietrusik-Adamska, Msc, the Director of the Department of Health and Social Affairs of the Poznan City Hall
16.00 Summary
CECHINI MINERAL WATER & BODY MOVEMENT BREAK
Session 2: Active & healthy – Sessions 2-6 for paid Conference participants only
16.25-16.45 Microbiota modulation as integral part of Lifestyle Medicine
Prof. Wojciech Marlicz, MD, PhD on-line
16.45 – 17.00 Alpine skiing and its effect on the mental health of individuals with physical disabilities and PTSD.
Dr Barbara Hall, PhD
17.00 – 17.15 Positive bonuses of yoga practice on healthy longevity.
Agnieszka Pluto-Pradzynska, PhD
17.15 – 17.30 Plastic surgery and a healthy lifestyle – how does it connect to a beautiful figure?
Joanna Kurmanow, MD, PhD
17.30 – 17.45 Optimizing Strengthspan, Enhancing Muscular Health and Longevity in Medical Practice.
Or Hever, MSc on-line
17.45 – 18.00 Direction: Longevity
Prof. Marek Postula, MD, PhD on-line
Discussion and closing
Saturday 24/5/2025 –> Place: Sala A Centrum Kongresowo-Dydaktyczne UMP, Przybyszewski Str. 37a, Poznan
Session 3: Lifestyle Medicine in theory and practice
09.00 – 09.20 Legislative aspects of using AI in medical practice
Jan Maciejewski, Msc
09.20 – 9.50 Lifestyle Medicine, a new medical field and its importance to health and longevity
Ioannis Arkadianos M.D.
09.50 – 10.10 Lifestyle medicine in practice – Romanian experience
Anca Mihaela Hâncu, MD, PhD
10.10 – 10.30 Practicing Lifestyle medicine in Poland
Anna Paul, MD
10.30 – 10.45 Old wine in new bottles? Galenic origins of 6 pillars of Lifestyle Medicine.
Katarzyna Pekacka-Falkowska, PhD
Discussion
COFFEE BREAK 11.00 – 11.15
Session 4: Longevity & lifestyle
11.15 – 11.30 Why do we desperately need the positive impact of Art Therapy
in longevity medicine?
Martyna Młynarczyk, MA
11.30 – 11.50 Clothing – the nearest human environment.
Prof. Malgorzata Zimniewska, Eng. PhD
11.50 – 12.05 Cardioprotective Effects of the Tsimane Tribe’s Diet and
Lifestyle – Implications for Longevity and Modern Nutrition.
Emil Gorski, MSc, Gabriela Mosior, MSc
12.05 – 12.20 Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 and Lipid Profile in the Elderly.
Prof. Aleksandra Zebrowska, PhD
12.20.-12.35 Personalised Longevity: Using Functional Testing to Optimise Health Span
Katarzyna Walusiak, Msc
12.35 – 12.50 Cancer in Blue Zones: Lessons for Prevention
Adnan Awad, MD, MBBS, DipIBLM on-line
Discussion
LUNCH 13.00 – 14.00
Session 5: Sleep & other lifestyle factors
14.00 – 14.15 Sleep, Depression and Obesity: 3 factors associated with lifestyle,
longevity and quality of life.
Myrto Arkadianou, Biology Student
14.15 – 14.35 Sleep and circadian rhythm in the context of immune system efficiency.
Prof. Grzegorz Dworacki, MD, PhD
14.35 – 14.50 Prevention vascular dementia to live longer and better.
Prof. Roberto Volpe, MD, AMS, PhD on-line
14.50 – 15.15 Agricultural system, genetic structure, and other factors influencing the exceptional longevity of inhabitants of city Teulada and the region, Sardinia, Italy”
Special guest: Salvatore Loi, MSc, Municipal Councillor for Culture in Teulada on-line
Discussion
CECHINI MINERAL WATER & BODY MOVEMENT BREAK 15.20 – 15.30
Session 6: Coping with stress and burnout
15.30 – 15.45 When time is pressure
Anna Lengyel, MD
15.45 – 16.00 Sources of sustainable change – a perspective on a healthy lifestyle
as a lifelong journey.
Ass. Prof. Klaudia Zuskova, PhD on-line
16.00 – 16.15 Lifestyle Medicine’s perspective on self-care for healthcare professionals.
Sunil Kumar, MD, MBBS, MRCA, FCAI, FRSA, FBSLM, DipIBLM
16.15 – 16.30 The Hidden Cardiovascular Toll of Fast-Paced Lives and High-Stress
Careers. Svetlana Chamoun, MD, PhD, FACC, DipABLM on-line
16.30 – 16.45. Nature Based Lifestyle Medicine Toolbox on-line
Ziya Altug, PT, DPT, MS, DipACLM, OCS
Discussion and summary of the Conference
17.30 Conference closing
Register Here: : http://www.rejestracja.bok-ump.pl/lm4l2025
* We are sorry that the presentation: Life expectancy and methods for health from highlanders from the municipality of Ujsoły in Beskid Zywiecki, Poland, by Mr Tadeusz Pietka, MSc, the Head of the Commune Ujsoly, was cancelled.
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