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Archive Home > 2010 > December > 23 > We’re living longer but we’re sick longer, too

We’re living longer but we’re sick longer, too

By Shari Roan / The Bulletin
December 23, 2010

Life expectancy soared over the last part of the 20th century as treatments for major diseases improved and infectious diseases were quelled by vaccines and better treatment. The most recent data, however, hint that life expectancy is no longer growing. And, according to a new study, we may....

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