From CNN Health - December 16, 2005 10:58
Read full story for latest details.
Ad Statistics
Times Displayed: 368389
Times Visited: 7341 Quality remanufactured Certified Centrifuges at Great prices! Fully warranted and backed by a company you can trust! Call or click for a free quote today! www.Centrifugestore.com 800-457-7576
Friday, December 16, 2005; Posted: 10:58 a.m. EST (15:58 GMT)
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- After a century of nearly uninterrupted medical improvements and longer lives, it looks like the baby boomers could screw things up.
A new government study shows deaths from heart disease, cancer and stroke continue to drop, but it also shows that half of Americans ages 55 to 64 -- including the oldest of the baby boomers -- have high blood pressure, and two in five are obese.
This means that this large group of aging Americans is in worse shape in some respects than those born a decade earlier were when they were the same age.
Medical improvements in coming years might offset these problems before they affect life expectancy, but there are no promises, health officials said.
