Tag: Longevity
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Expect more out of your life than just the years | Paul J. Batura
We received some good news earlier this month when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that life expectancy in the United States reached a record high of 79 years in 2024 – up from 78.4 in 2023. A 0.6-year increase may seem small—but it equals seven months, 219 days, or over 5,000 hours.…
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Colorado Springs woman celebrates 100th birthday: ‘I have no idea how this happened’
Of all the technological marvels Grace Burns has seen throughout her lifetime, the most amazing has been the television, she said. “I was already married when I got my first TV,” said Burns, who turned 100 on Thursday. “My husband and I took a vacation to California, and we brought back a black-and-white television set.…