Reaching 100 is easier than suspected
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_on_he_me/living_longer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080211/capt.a38313e2cf2c4c689cb5be951d949ed8.living_longer_cx105.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=2hEpSpndd7e_zx0scjx8pA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Rosa McGee, 104, sits in her daughter's Chicago apartment with her Bible, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. A recent study has found that reaching the age of 100 has gotten easier. McGee is one of the healthy women in the study who managed to avoid chronic disease. The retired cook and seamstress is also strikingly lucid and credits her faith in God for her good health. She also gets lots of medical attention ? a doctor and nurse make home visits regularly. McGee moved-in with her daughter following a fall in late 2006. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>AP - Living to 100 is easier than you might think. Surprising new research suggests that even people who develop heart disease or diabetes late in life have a decent shot at reaching the century mark.</p><br clear="all"/>

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