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Something in Your Poop May Predict an Imminent Death

Summary by Science Alert
The contents of a patient's entrails could be key to assessing how close they are to death. No, it's not some form of living haruspicy. A team of doctors led by Alexander de Porto of the University of Chicago and the University of Amsterdam has created an index of markers in a patient's feces that can help gauge the risk of mortality within 30 days. They have named it the metabolic dysbiosis score (MDS), and it could help save the lives of criti…

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Science Alert broke the news in Australia on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
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