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Living Past 100: Insights from Centenarians on a Long, Healthy Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

When broken down by disease category, cardiovascular disease, cancer, dementia, stroke, osteoarthritis, hypertension and stroke, the pattern is the same. The first thing to realise is that while healthy centenarians rely on genetics, we must rely on risk factor control. Aggressively control the risk factors.