Who Shall Live, Who Shall Die

Everyone wants to live long and enjoy good health. Almost all of us assume, too, that whether we do so will be a function of physical variables and emotional ones that translate into physical factors. Good habits, good diet, good medicine, good genes, combined with a good attitude that in turn produces a positive feedback loop with desirable physiological heath measures -- these are the secrets to living long and well.

Except that science seems not to bear this out, at least not...