Barbara Walters has me on edge. It's not the level of detail, complete with famous bedmates, in her best-selling memoir. It's her recent ABC special: Live to Be 150...Can You Do It?
"No," I harrumphed. "And by the way, I wouldn't want to." Turns out I'm not alone; according to an ABC News poll, nearly three-quarters of Americans aren't at all sure they want to hit the triple digits.
Great medical minds, however, have other ideas. You can hardly open the newspaper without seeing a story about some new Grim Reaper-repelling discovery.
To cite just one piece of research: In June a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and conducted by the Autonomous University of Madrid found that drinking two to three cups of coffee a day cut women's chances of dying from heart disease by 25%. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions