Be Well: How Blood Tests Can Determine Your Body's Biological Age
What is age? Technically speaking, age determines how long a person or thing has existed but there a blood test that could prove your birthdate to be just that -- a date. Dr. Jeremy Walker, Opt health physician, joined Cheddar News to talk about how blood tests can determine someone's biological age. In some cases, the biological age can be older or younger based on how the organ systems are aging.
A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate.
Alzheimer’s mainly affects the elderly, who are eligible for Medicare, but people under 65 — even, rarely, as young as their 30s — also can get diagnosed. They are more likely to have commercial coverage.
Some doctors say the drug should be held for three weeks before sedation to accommodate the delayed emptying of the stomach, which can cause patients to inhale food and liquid into their lungs.
