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(Health) Starting to get crowded in 100-year-olds' club (AP)


FILE -- In this March 6, 2008, file photo,  President Bush meets with World War I veteran Army Cpl. Frank Woodruff Buckles, 107, from Charles Town, W.Va., in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - It's starting to get crowded in the 100-year-olds' club. Once virtually nonexistent, the world's population of centenarians is projected to reach nearly 6 million by midcentury. That's pushing the median age toward 50 in many developed nations and challenging views of what it means to be old and middle-age.



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