In an interview via Skype, Tom Perls said the same technique used to predict long life may also be used to predict whether a person might eventually develop certain diseases.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

In addition,the study revealed that minority children had a higher incidence of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, asthma,certain cancers, and even success rates for treatment of kidney and heart diseases.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

"While our study shows that this might not be sufficient to maintain normal weight, it clearly is sufficient to reduce the risk of developing many chronic diseases, including heart disease, certain types of cancer, type two diabetes."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30