Think about asking that in mixed company.

Want to know where your telemere is? 

They are structures on the tips of your chromosones that shorten as you age. Paralleling, no doubt, the rest of you that is shrinking right before your very eyes.

For a mere (wonder if this has anything to do with the name of this structure) $290 dollars SeptraCell Laboratories in Houston, one of many companies performing this test, will let you know if you are on the rapid aging path. 

And you would want to know this, because??  

You do want to know how healthy you are, don't you?  Okay. But since there are currently no drugs to lengthen your telomere whats a body to do? Viagra, unfortunately, doesn't seem to be the answer.

Some researchers say that there are already a number of indexes to measure how long you might live. These factors include your age, gender, smoking history and how well you perform certain functions.
Amongst these functions are walking several blocks, pushing an armchair or managing your finances.

Managing your finances??

Really?

Oh dear.