Counting the Years Back!

Read this interesting piece of news. Indians will now have a clue to assess their longevity and their pace of ageing.

The test will be made available in the country from this year onwards and will measure Telomeres (protective caps at the end of chromosomes that are best indicators of biological age as against chronological age). Read here to learn more about the test. Various factors contribute towards reducing the length of the Telomeres and thus, decrease the life span of a person.

The idea of sharing this piece of news is to check about people's popular perception towards this. How will it help the normal human being if he gets to know through an actual medical test (and not the popular Facebook app that calculate your death date and year as well as its cause)? Will each one of us create our bucket list more seriously and try to fulfill them according to the time left? Will you work harder and earn more money if your only dream is a world tour (because that costs a hell lot of money) or will you simply try to lead a healthier life in an attempt to increase your lifespan by adding a few years?

I do not know if people would actually pay to check how many years are left to be in this world or prefer a FB app to learn that he or she may die in some 2050+ due to laughing out loud and choking to death or may be due to falling from the bed and breaking the neck.

But definitely cheers to this interesting piece of news!!