Predicting life expectancy in healthy people by using complete blood count risk score

According to a new research suggests that a simple blood test may predict who is at highest risk of developing heart problems in future well the surprise does not ends here this blood test can also predict how long these people may have to live. The Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah, along with the scientists at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on the new study using the complete blood count risk score. This has turned to be an inexpensive tool that uses all of the information provided in the common blood test and then predict life expectancy of a healthy person. The lead researcher, Benjamin Horne, PhD, director of cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah explains, “Physicians can now provide better care using the CBC risk score as a standard method to assess whether patients may have future health problems that lead to death. Among apparently healthy individuals, this risk score can help physicians identify which patients have higher risk, as well as who they should focus further time and effort.”