Life expectancy of Americans hits 78
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The life expectancy for Americans is nearly 78 years, the longest in U.S. history, according to new government figures from 2005 released Thursday.
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People in their 50s and 60s who get regular exercise are about 35 percent less likely to die within eight years than inactive people in the same age group, says a University of Michigan Health System study.
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NEW YORK  - The amount of height men lose as they age is related to their odds of dying as they reach 60s and 70s, a new study shows.
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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
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Some statistics on American life as Election Day nears, compared with four years earlier.
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Older Americans will have to pay about 17 percent more next year for their government-run health insurance, US officials announced on Friday.
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The U.S. death rate from cancer has  continued a steady decline that began in the early 1990s but it  will still kill a projected 565,650 Americans this year, the  American Cancer Society said on Wednesday.
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Tiny air-born particles released by  burning fossil fuels are reducing the average human life span  across Europe and North America by eight months, a leading  research body said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Children whose parents enjoyed a long life, living well into their 80s, seem to have healthier hearts in middle age compared with children whose parents did not live this long. Moreover, the heart advantage persists over time, which should help them follow in their parents' footsteps.
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Most Americans remain sexually active into their 60s, and nearly half continue to have sex regularly into their early 70s, researchers say.
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The latest scientific news is about fighting aging, heart disease, and cancer.
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Many people maintain rich, active sex lives well into their 80s, according to the first detailed examination of sexuality among older Americans.
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The flu killed 36,000 Americans last year - more than 32,000 were 65 or older â-espite the highest immunization rate ever. Over 83 million were immunized but still only six of every ten senior citizens
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Last year, more Americans lived in poverty, more children were poor, and more people lacked health insurance than in 2002. That message, reported by the US Census Bureau yesterday, was expected, but the increases
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Americans, especially those 60 and older, are doing a better job of keeping their blood pressure under control, a new analysis says, a sign that people are getting the message about high blood pressure's risks.
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Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000  Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by  an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested on  Thursday.
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Life expectancy for Japanese women &#151; already the longest in the world &#151; has risen by nearly one year, the Health Ministry said Thursday, citing the latest census data.