Saturday, October 3, 2009

Today's Babies Could Live To 22nd Century

Babies born today have a good chance of making to 100 years of age, says a new study. Credit: iStockphoto

From Cosmos:

PARIS: More than half of the babies born today in rich countries will live to 100 years if current trends of life expectancy continue, says a study in the medical journal The Lancet.

In the 20th century, most developed countries saw an increase of around 30 years in life expectancy, according to the paper led by Kaare Christensen, a professor at the Danish Ageing Research Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.

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