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Researchers at BMC find disability does not necessarily follow disease in living to old age

Researchers from Boston Medical Center's New England Centenarian Study report that for a substantial proportion of their centenarian subjects, avoiding age-related diseases (i.e., stroke, cardiovascular disease, diabetes) may not be the key to their longevity; rather, the avoidance of disability may be a key feature in their exceptional survival. These findings appear in the February 11 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

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