Ontario researchers have launched the most ambitious collection of health data ever attempted in North America: it will involve millions of people and track them for the rest of their lives.
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They will be expected to follow up by completing at least one questionnaire annually.
In return, they will be informed about health risks they face and provided with educational material on disease prevention and health promotion.
Some 100,000 participants will be asked to undergo intensive, four-hour medical assessments every four years. Palmer said these are essentially “free CEO health check-ups,” similar to the very expensive, mostly privately covered medical work-ups that the heads of large corporations undergo annually.
Each assessment will include about 2,000 tests and measurements looking, for example, at vision, hearing, lung function and bone density. Participants will undergo full-body DXA scans, low-density x-rays that show distribution of body fat and muscle. Mental health and physical strength will be assessed. Participants will also be examined for signs of, for example, heart trouble calcification of the aorta or clogging of blood vessels in the neck.
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