Plasma is a critical component in the treatment of many serious health problems. This is why there are frequent blood drives encouraging people to donate blood plasma.
A simple blood test can now be used to estimate your 'biological age'. Biological age, unlike chronological age, looks at how your body id developing or breaking down compared to the average. Knowing this can help identify the people most at risk of age-related diseases, such as dementia.
The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test(MAST)is a very simple, self-scoring test that helps assess if you have a drinking problem. It consists of 22 questions. It goes into more detail than the CAGE test above. It is one of the oldest alcoholism tests having been developed in 1971.