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Simple scan lets you slow down aging and even prevent chronic disease | It didn't just predict cognitive impairment, accelerated brain atrophy and conversion to diagnosed dementia, it could also provide a risk factor for physical frailty, poor health, other future chronic diseases and mortality.


A single, freely available, noninvasive brain scan done in just a few minutes during midlife can predict what chronic diseases are most likely to appear in the future, empowering people to make diet and lifestyle changes that mitigate their risk even decades before symptoms begin to show. Getting…

A single, freely available, noninvasive brain scan done in just a few minutes during midlife can predict what chronic diseases are most likely to appear in the future, empowering people to make diet and lifestyle changes that mitigate their risk even decades before symptoms begin to show. It didn't just predict cognitive impairment, accelerated brain atrophy and conversion to diagnosed dementia, it could also provide a risk factor for physical frailty, poor health, other future chronic diseases and mortality. While some people might prefer to stick to reading tea leaves than seeing their aging score through this system, it's not built to deliver a death sentence but to buy an individual crucial time to make changes that can have a big impact on their future health.

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