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with Anthony Shadid, Washington Correspondent for The Boston Globe

with author Marc Cooper, contributing editor of The Nation magazine, and host of Radio Nation

with Laura Hillenbrand, contributing writer/editor. Equus Magazine

Guests: S. Jay Olshansky and Bruce Carnes.

At the start of the last century, the average life span was just 45 years. Today the average for women is 79 and for men 72. What brought about this change? Can we expect even greater gains in human longevity? Today on Focus, we'll talk with researchers S. Jay Olshansky and Bruce Carnes on how to live as long as possible.

with Lynne Luciano, assistant professor of history, University of California