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Living to 100 is easier than you might think. Surprising new research suggests that even people who develop heart disease or diabetes late in life have a decent shot at reaching the century mark.
“It has been generally assumed that living to 100 years of age was limited to those who had not developed chronic illness,” said Dr. William Hall of the University of Rochester.
Hall has a theory for how these people could live to that age. In an editorial in Monday’s Archives of Internal Medicine, where the study was published, he writes that it might be thanks to doctors who aggressively treat these older folks’ health problems, rather than taking an “ageist” approach that assumes they wouldn’t benefit. Genes surely contribute. But while genes are important, scientists don’t think they tell the whole story about longevity.
Entire story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_on_he_me/living_longer
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