In the next 20 years at normal fertility rates, the US population will age dramatically. Are science and medicine prepared for the challenge and will they respond in the best possible way?
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Life as a wonderful one-hoss shay. Nature 298, 779–780 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/298779a0
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