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Older people today are smarter, stronger and faster than 30 years ago

September 27, 2020 by Leo

A compelling new study from researchers in Finland has compared the physical and cognitive performance of a group of older people in 2017 with a similarly aged group three decades earlier. Improvements were seen in almost every test, suggesting progress has been made extending healthspan, the number of healthy years a person lives.

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Of course we are! (OK, I’m not in the tested age range. Yet.)

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