This apparently low annuity rate reflects increasing life expectancy.

这种明显低的年金率反映了人们平均寿命的延长。

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"We rely too much on medical interventions as a way of increasing life expectancy" explained Sir Michael.

Michael爵士解释说，“我们过于依赖医疗干预来延长预期寿命。”

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In a series of articles and studies, he has argued that increasing life expectancy makes the midlife years a time to grow and flourish.

在一系列的文章和研究结果中，他认为不断增长的生活期望使得中年时期成长并日益蓬勃。

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It also means increasing opportunities for the disabled in employment and other spheres of public life.

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Many will need high levels of care. Researchers say that dramatically increasing global life expectancy makes it imperative to find solutions that prevent, delay,slow,and treat Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

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That means people not only need to save enough, but they need to make sure those savings stretch over increasing life spans.

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Slim Jim launched a "man medicine" ad campaign last year, lampooning men whose increasing life responsibilities lead them to wear baby carriers and lug shopping bags.

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Unfortunately, all of this comes at a price that threatens to grow inexorably with increasing life expectancy and the expensive medicines and technology that go with it.

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