Children of Centenarians May Follow in Parents' Footsteps

By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: November 21, 2008 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

BOSTON, Nov. 21 -- Children of centenarians live longer, with better profiles for myocardial infarction or stroke, than age-matched peers whose parents have average life spans, researchers reported here./.../