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...life expectancies among dissimilar groups of American citizens are drastic, says a study released Monday by Harvard researchers Christopher J. L. Murray ’83, Sandeep C. Kulkarni ’04, and Majid Ezzati. Asian-American women from Bergen County, N.J., have the highest national life expectancy??91 years—while Native Americans from South Dakota can expect to live only 58 years. Just two years after Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards spoke of “two Americas”—haves and have-nots—the study suggests that...
...administrator. About 75 people gathered at the Spangler Center for the program’s public kickoff, which was headlined by keynote speaker Daniel Vasella, the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Novartis International and a past participant in several executive education programs at HBS. Vasella said that increases in life expectancy??along with a decline in birth rates—indicate that the U.S. population will grow older, putting an added burden on the nation’s health care system. “Business knowledge can improve the efficiency and productivity of the health care system...
Until we witness cultural changes that encourage more moderation, we will continue to be the improvident consumers we are today. But if we wish to keep the bear from going the way of the average American—ballooning to obesity and cutting down on life expectancy??then we must at least encourage more recycling and less wastefulness. The future is in our pudgy and prodigal hands...