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Old 10-22-2009, 08:57 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch View Post
I believe that due to modern medicine we are now living far past our natural lifespan which would explain old age problems such as Alzheimer, diabetes, arthritis and other diseases that cripples the old and takes away their level of life.

I think we were designed to live to the age of 50, medical advances have lengthened our lives but not really made them better.
That's a good point...how many people got Alzheimer's and that kind of thing back in the day? Or could it have just been misdiagnosed (if diagnosed at all)?
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