About to Die? New Test Predicts Death
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Do you want to know when your time is up? Or, like me, would you rather whistle your way through life thinking about today and not tomorrow? Well, if you want to know what the near future might hold, then there’s a new “death test” for you, reports the Telegraph.
Researchers have announced a test which may predict the likelihood of a seemingly healthy person kicking the bucket within five years. The blood test looks at the levels of four of the body’s “biomarkers,” molecules that can point to health conditions. Researchers found that when those biomarkers were “off-kilter,” subjects were five times more likely to die within five years.
The rather morbid study results, published in PLOS Medicine, followed two experiments. First, Estonian researchers made the finding in a study of 9,842 people. But they doubted their results and asked Finnish scientists to try; after research on another 7,503 duplicated the results, the Finnish called their findings “astonishing.”
Scientists followed the 17,000 subjects for five years, during which period 684 died. All of them had comparable levels of the biomarkers. Britain’s National Health Service explains that those biomarkers include increased levels of infection-related Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein and the metabolism-related compound citrate, reduced levels of the nutrient-carrying protein albumin, and reduced size of very-low-density lipoprotein—or “very bad cholesterol”—particles. “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,” says a researcher. But the NHS cautions that “due to (the study’s) observational nature, it can only show an association, rather than causation, thereby limiting its potential impact.”
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Not so fast there grim reaper. Maybe the 684 had the markers and died. How many had the markers and did not die. I am with David on the way to go out, but with my luck I would just owe so much money my last years would be spent living under a bridge eating cheap dog food.
Take this test, then if you “pass,” get all the credit cards you can and max them out. Drink, smoke, whore around and rub cocaine all over your special parts. Then, when the bill comes due – you croak and you’re off the hook. It’s a win-win.
Works for me David!