'Death test' to predict when a healthy person is likely to die
A Death Test which predicts the chance of a healthy person dying from any medical condition in the next five years has been developed by scientists.
Researchers said they were astonished to discover that a simple blood test could predict if a person was likely to die even if they were not ill.
They found that the levels of four biomarkers in the body, when taken together, indicated a general level of frailty.
People whose biomarkers were out of kilter were five times more likely to die within five years of the blood test.
What is especially interesting is that these biomarkers reflect the risk for dying from very different types of diseases such as heart disease or cancer. They seem to be signs of a general frailty in the body, said Dr. Johannes Kettunen of the Institute for Molecular Medicine in Finland.
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I just don't know if this is the kind of test people would take on a voluntary basis. They might be afraid of the results and the resultant changes that would surely be inevitable.
I'll be 73 next month, I'm not taking the test. Hell, I've defied the odds already.
There are 4 different markers . It doesn't say what happens if just one of them is out of whack .
Life finally catches up to art... Rob't A. Heinlein "Life Line", AstoundingStories , Aug. 1939
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