FabSwingers.com forum: Heart attacks could be predicted in advance with eye test

By *irtydevil666 OP Man
over a year ago

bristol

A scientific study claims that unusual patterns of blood vessels in the retina are a sign of coronary artery disease.

The study's lead author Ana Villaplana-Velasco, from the University of Edinburgh, said: "This would enable doctors to suggest behaviours that could reduce risk, such as giving up smoking and maintaining normal cholesterol and blood pressure.

"We already knew variations in the retina might offer insights into our health. We decided to investigate the health benefits we could obtain from these images."

The findings are based on more than half a million Brits in the UK Biobank - a database containing their medical records and other information.

Villaplana-Velasco added: "Our model was able to better classify participants with low or high heart attack risk when established models that only include demographic data.

"The improvement of our model was even higher if we added a score related to the genetic propensity of a heart attack."

UK Biobank...did you have to opt out of this.....

By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago

somewhere, someplace

From what I can gather it's a join up system, they don't just access any old records they only use participating patients that have given them permission to use their data

By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

There’s some very interesting developments in biotech and big data / informatics , it won’t be long before life insurers issue you a WHOOP band , or even an RFID implant to asses how long you’re going to live because the data is all there just needs mining.

I wore a WHOOP for a while and was part of a test I let it tell me when not to train and when I needed extra vitC or sleep to avoid getting sick I see now they can predict when you have COVID better than a COVID test !

By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

"And to add we can see a lot of things that could need further investigation via an eye test and photography and optical coherence technology scans"

Yep, my mum suffers with a build up of pressure in her head that is relieved by removing fluid via a lumbar puncture. That was picked up by an eye test.

By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

You can see signs oh high cholesterol in the iris. Look for a pale crescent across the top just inside the edge of the iris.

If you see this, make an appointment with the GP.