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...into account in calculating post-retirement benefits, even though price increases can wipe out the value of a pension. An annual inflation rate of 10% will halve the buying power of a retirement check in about seven years. Someone who lives 15 years after retirement at 65, the normal lifespan today, would be receiving a pension worth only about 25% of its original value at the time of his death. Concedes John Balch, vice president and treasurer of the Jewel Companies, a supermarket and drugstore chain: "In most cases right now, pensions end up being inadequate." Edward O'Gorman...
Along the way, Georgakas arrives at four general recommendations to increase one's lifespan. These include strict exercise regimens marked by rhythmic walking; diets with little meat and few additives; a stressless temperament devoid of vast emotional peaks and valleys; and avoidance of the environmental hazards he so bitterly criticizes...
...fusion of hydrogen to form helium marks the beginning of a long and stable period in the evolution of the star−a combination of adolescence and middle age that constitutes 99% of the lifespan of a sun-size star. During this period, the tremendous energy radiating from the star's center neutralizes its gravitational force, and the great glowing orb shrinks no further. But as it must to all stars, death eventually comes. How long a star lives depends on its mass. Generally, the more massive a star is, the shorter its life is. Stars with a mass...
Speculation about the far-out possibilities of science have always raised fascinating social implications. The new feeling is that so many of the obstables to what once was science fiction are now merely technical problems that will be solved in time. The everyday hygenics that have advanced the average lifespan 30 years in the last century pale beside the new methods of postponing death. Surgeons make daily use of ceramic and metal bones, synthetic arteries and electronic blood pressure regulators and bladder stimulators. Miraculous innovations that quickly have become almost commonplace suggest the great issudes medical ethics will be confronted...
...Obviously there is little point in waiting for a young woman to die of exhaustion from a spreading cancer if you hope to freeze and revive her after means of curing cancer have been developed which will allow her to live out her full lifespan. The best chance of success would come from preserving her while she is still in good general health. But would a patient be committing suicide by deliberately entering a frozen state while well? Or would a doctor be committing murder by processing her under these conditions? There would be no way to know in advance...