Life Span Shrinks for Some
Here’s an intersting story from the Seattle Times.
Life spans falling for least-healthy Americans, study by Harvard, UW finds
By Kyung M. Song
Seattle Times health reporter
For the first time in generations, life expectancy for large numbers of Americans is stagnating or falling as more people pay for obesity, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions with shortened lives.
The findings, published Monday by researchers at Harvard University and the University of Washington, show that while Americans are living longer than ever on average, life expectancy is changing at increasingly unequal rates among the population….