Quick hits
• Reversal of fortunes: A long, steady rise in life expectancy in the U.S. apparently isn’t being shared by everyone, according to a new study. The life span is sputtering out in the nation’s midsection, especially for women, and causes cited are tobacco use, obesity and diabetes.
• On the other hand: Silicon Valley residents have one of the highest life-expectancy rates in the nation, with the average baby born in 1999 on track to live to 80, according to research in the journal PLoS Medicine.
Numbers
• 1.35 billion: That’s how many gallons of gasoline could be conserved annually if every U.S. worker with the ability to telecommute did so 1.6 days per week, according to a report released by the American Electronics Association.
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