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February 18, 2006
Anticipating longer lifespans
Shripad Tuljapurkar of Stanford University says anti-ageing advances could raise life expectancy by a year each year over the next two decades.
That will put a strain on economies around the world if current retirement ages are maintained, he warned.
He also told a science meeting in St Louis that 50-year or 75-year mortgages may not be unusual in the future.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Retirement age 'should reach 85'
Posted by thdyck on February 18, 2006
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