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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Mark Waghorn & Chiara Fiorillo

New simple eye test will use AI to predict death from a heart condition

A simple eye test that predicts death from cardiovascular disease has been developed by British scientists.

It combines artificial intelligence (AI) with scans of the retina - a membrane at the back of peepers that contains light sensitive cells.

The technique could lead to a screening programme - enabling drugs and lifestyle changes to be prescribed decades before symptoms emerge.

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