[tt] WashPo on transhuman body parts

[Hughes, James J.]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2007/09/17/CU2007091
701278.html

Replaceable You

As the tail end of the enormous 78 million-member baby boom generation
enters middle age, Americans are living longer and expecting to enjoy
better fitness and health than previous generations. The human body
can't necessarily do at 50 what it did at 25, but when a part wears out
from age or overuse or both, older Americans increasingly expect that it
can be fixed or replaced.

How does medicine try to keep pace with all these aging bodies?

(Check interactive graphics)