Following five healthy lifestyle habits may increase life expectancy by decade or more Researchers also found that U.S. women and men who maintained the healthiest lifestyles were 82% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease and 65% less likely to… Read More ›
Life expectancy
Life Expectancy was 70 not 40 1,500 years ago
Life Expectancy was 70 not 40 1,500 years ago Researchers utilizing new technology dispelled the myth that life expectancy in ancient times was 40. To Quote: “For people living traditional lives without modern medicine or markets the most common age… Read More ›
Britain’s poor ‘will die before they retire’ if pension reforms aren’t matched by health improvements
Stark disparity in healthy life expectancy ‘must be tackled’ for pension age to be raised fairly Charlie Cooper Friday, 6 December 2013 Thousands of Britain’s poorest people “will be dead before they can retire” if sweeping pension reforms are not… Read More ›
U.S. Women Are Dying Younger Than Their Mothers, and No One Knows Why
While advancements in medicine and technology have prolonged life expectancy and decreased premature deaths overall, women in parts of the country have been left behind. Grace WylerOct 7 2013, 9:10 AM ET (jessiejacobson/flickr) The Affordable Care Act took a major… Read More ›
Google teams up with Apple chairman to try to extend life
Google has teamed up with Apple’s chairman to launch a new company that will attempt to significantly increase the human lifespan. Google’s chief executive hinted that the new company could look at curing cancer Photo: Bloomberg News <!– remove the whitespace… Read More ›
Aging really is ‘in your head’
Scientists answer hotly debated questions about how calorie restriction delays aging process September 3, 2013 By Lee Phillion Among scientists, the role of proteins called sirtuins in enhancing longevity has been hotly debated, driven by contradictory results from… Read More ›
The adult generations of today are less healthy than their counterparts of previous generations
Contact: Jacqueline Partarrieu press@escardio.org 33-492-947-756 European Society of Cardiology Results from a large cohort study suggest that exposure to metabolic risks of cardiovascular disease is increasing Sophia Antipolis, 10 April 2013. Despite their greater life expectancy, the adults of today… Read More ›
Life expectancy for poor white Americans drops sharply… but increases for blacks and Latinos: •White female high school drop-outs lived to 78.5 years in 1990, 73.5 years in 2008
White female high school drop-outs lived to 78.5 years in 1990, 73.5 years in 2008 Females who finished college lived for 83.9 years, males for 80.4 White males who didn’t finish high school reached 70.5 years in 1990 and 67.5 … Read More ›
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