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‘Super Agers’ review: living the good life

‘Super Agers’ review: living the good life
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By David A ShaywitzMore than half of American adults suffer from at least one chronic illness – most commonly diabetes, heart disease, cancer or neurodegeneration. By age 65, 80% are afflicted with two or more conditions. Among those fortunate enough to reach 80, it’s rare to find anyone who has arrived unscathed. In 2008, a group of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego set out to recruit 1,400 of these healthy souls – known as the Wellderly – to figure out how they managed it.Led by the ca...

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