CDC Report: Americans Living Longer, But Not As Long as Everyone Else

With the ongoing health care debate raging across the US, it?s good to know that we lived slightly longer in 2007 than in 2006. According to a report released on August 19th by the Center for Disease Control?s National Center for Health Statistics, Americans reached a new peak in lifespan: 77.9 years. In fact, the last decade has given us a 1.4 year increase in our age at death. Yep, US citizens are living longer than they were just a few years ago, but they still aren?t living as long as almost any other developed country. How can we be getting better but still be lagging behind?  Click here for full article.