The Time of Your Life
Do people who struggle with health problems as they age share biological similarities?
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Percentage of Americans who die of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes or Alzheimer’s, five of the most common diseases of aging — a group whose ailments might one day be treated by drugs that target an as-yet-unknown common underlying cause
1,826
Number of twins in a recent Danish study that found the greater the difference between how old each one looked to subjective assessors, the more likely the older-looking twin died first
24
Number of studies that have examined the association between low grip strength and premature mortality
3
Times by which one’s chance of dying or suffering a significant disability within six years increases if one cannot walk a quarter-mile
43
Percentage of people 100 and older who have had a history of significant age-related disease after age 80
3
Percentage of people 110 and older who have had such disease after age 80 — suggesting that these people might share an underlying biological similarity that those who don’t live that long do not
