This 'Death Test' Will Tell You How Likely You Are To Be Dead In Five Years

[FarCenter]

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 with five years of the blood test.

http://www.businessinsider.com/test-predicts-if-you-will-die-in-five-years-2014-2

This could revolutionize the life insurance business.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. Shoot. I was expecting an on-line quiz....

Do you cook your eggs in bacon fat?

Do you make sandwiches out of pop-tarts?

Are you currently experiencing chest pains?

[FarCenter]

2. No, it requires a blood test, but I think that it is a fairly standard one

Scientists discovered that those people all had similar levels of four biomarkers.

Those were albumin, alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, citrate and the size of very-low-density lipoprotein particles which are linked to liver and kidney function, inflammation and infection, energy metabolism and vascular health.

[KittyWampus]

4. pop tart sandwich… two pop tarts surrounding a half inch of marshmallow fluff.

[Freddie]

5. Me too

Have you recently taken up sky-diving?
Do you get your car's brakes checked regularly?
Do they greet you by name at the liquor store?

[magical thyme]

3. I would definitely want to know

“But at moment there is ethical question. Would someone want to know their risk of dying if there is nothing we can do about it?”

Yes, thank you. If I'm going to die in 5 years, I'm making some changes right now. It all has to do with long term planning and such. I'd go from "what if I live until 90" (my father is and my mother died at 87) to hmmm....only 5 years likely left.

Huge difference in how I spend my time. I have my fur and feather family to consider as well.

[zappaman]

6. I went to a psychic who told me the year I would die.

So, you will not be hearing from me after 2009.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. I sense Big Pharma lurking in the wings

"a test could flag up high-risk individuals in need of medical intervention "

We already have Dr.s pushing statins for cholesterol levels of only 200.
( 240 was the normal cutoff before Statins were invented)