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America's Health Care Compares Poorly

(Dec. 8) -- Fewer doctors, shorter lives, but at least it's expensive. That's how the U.S. health care system compares with those in most other major economies, according to the latest number-crunching released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The comparison from the OECD, the...

Essay: So You Want to Live to Be 100?

(Nov. 24) -- Gertrude Baines, the oldest person in the world, died in Los Angeles in September at the age of 115. She was a very senior poster child for that traditional birthday wish, "May you live to be 100." Damian Dovarganes, AP Baines lived on her own until she was 105. By all accounts she was mentally alert,...