The Global Burden of Diseases study shows that life expectancy has recovered from pandemic lows, while youth mortality has ...

People are living longer than ever before — but they’re not actually healthier. And the number of years spent sick is only growing, according to a massive new study just published in JAMA Network Open ...

After decades of rising life expectancy, the increases appear to be slowing. A new study calls into question how long even the healthiest of populations can live. By Dana G. Smith The oldest human on ...

Recently, I was involved in a discussion concerning health span vs. lifespan. There is a subtle but crucial difference. Although we have conversations about how long we think we’ll live — our lifespan ...

When it comes to longevity, women are much more likely to outlive men. In the U.S., the gap widened to 5.8 years in 2021. On average, men can expect to live just shy of 76 years, compared to 81 for ...

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A study of DNA from half a million volunteers supports an old evolutionary theory about why our bodies eventually wear out. By Carl Zimmer Why do we grow old and die? In the 19th century, the German ...

Research Interests: My research interests focus on life span development and aging, particularly the coaction and interplay of genes and environments on cognitive aging and the risk of Alzheimer's ...

Globally, people are living longer lives, but a new study estimates that our lifespans are outpacing our health spans, aka the number of years we live in good health. (Getty) People are living longer ...