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Studies identify modifiable factors associated with exceptionally long life

A healthy lifestyle during the early elderly years -- including weight management, exercising regularly and not smoking -- may be associated with a greater probability of living to age 90 in men, as well as good health and physical function, according to a report in the Feb. 11 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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