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'Brain Age' May Help Predict When You'll Die
An 'older' mind is linked to signs of physical and mental problems, study contends
 
By Robert Preidt
Thursday, April 27, 2017
 

THURSDAY, April 27, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- When the brain ages faster than normal, people are at heightened risk for brain disease and impairment, as well as early death, a new British study suggests.

The study authors said the finding may introduce a way to use imaging of the brain as a biomarker -- a way to measure a biological condition or process.

https://medlineplus.gov/news/fullstory_164990.html
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