WIBX 950 » life expectancy http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Scientists: Age 72 is the New 30 http://wibx950.com/scientists-age-72-is-the-new-30/ http://wibx950.com/scientists-age-72-is-the-new-30/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:01:45 +0000 Keeler in the Morning http://wibx950.com/?p=157025 Life expectancy has improved so quickly over the past century that scientists say, age 72 is the new 30.  According to the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany, people are living longer and the increase has been so rapid that a person in his or her early 70's would be compared to someone in the early 1800's at the age of 30

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In a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced New Yorkers are living longer than ever before. This is despite the many hazards of city living including crime, pollution and crazy taxi drivers.

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