How your blood may predict your future health

New research into bloodstream ‘biomarkers’ aims to unlock the full impact of social status on people’s lifetime health outcomes. The key is exposure to stressHealth is a well-knowninequality issue. While ageing is inevitable and most of us will get sick at some point, the rate of your decline is likely to be faster thelower down the socioeconomic ladder you started.The intriguing thing is, nobody exactly knows why. Tempting though it is to blame the usual suspects –poor diet, obesity, smoking– they don’t account for the whole story.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Inequality Health Medical research Science Biology Society Poverty Ageing Income inequality Social exclusion US income inequality Source Type: news