Modern medical technology is now providing doctors with powerful tools that can predict your future health. Just as we turn to the weatherman for the weekend forecast, so we will turn to new medical technology to tell us what diseases are in store for us.

Within the next 5 years, it is highly likely that brain scans will be able to accurately predict whether asymptomatic people in their 50’s and 60’s willl develop Alzheimer’s disease.

A recent MRI and PET brain study shows just how close we already are to this incredbile feat.

“Our paper is one of the few to show that it is possible to detect changes in the brain of normal older people who experience subsequent cognitive decline”, said Dr. William Jagust.

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