Aging is not a disease - Published - Monday March 22nd, 2010

Jo-Ann Fellows is a writer living in Fredericton. Her columns on seniors' concerns and on public policy issues appear twice a month on Mondays.

Given the advances in medical science and in attitudes about aging, you may be here a lot longer than you think.

Life expectancy is being continuously extended, and this trend shows no sign of abating. Half of the babies born this year will reach their 100th birthday. In fact, it is the portion of the population over 80 that will show the most impressive advances in life extension in the years ahead.

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