Human Longevity: Can It Be Further Extended?

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Human Longevity: Can It Be Further Extended?
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An analysis looks at whether we have reached the upper limit of human life expectancy in this century.

Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Past President, North American Menopause Society, 2011-2012

As we all know, there were dramatic improvements in life expectancy in the 1900s. At the turn of that century, the average median life expectancy at birth was only about 50 years. Over the course of the century, on average, there was a 30-year increase in life expectancy.

In fact, they found overall a deceleration of the gain in life expectancy over that period. It was relatively stable with only very modest gains over that 30-year period.

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