Wondering how long one's life will last is a universal thought. The average life expectancy in the United States is 81.4 years for women and 75.8 years for men, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Life expectancy in Russia has decreased by almost seven months, and it is because of war and strong alcohol, a Russian demographer has said. Alexey Raksha, who specializes in fertility and mortality ...

The news of Diane Ladd’s death at 89 has brought attention to a rare but serious lung condition. The legendary actress, known for her roles in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and Wild at Heart, passed ...

Oral frailty can shorten your life expectancy, so those dreaded visits, drills and all, really are for your own good.

People with diabetes face a threefold to sixfold increased risk for sudden cardiac death and a shorter life expectancy than the general population, and this risk is especially noticeable among younger ...

They call New York City residents "hard" for a reason. But we're getting more time to shake it off. Stats released by the NYC Health Department Tuesday show citywide life expectancy at birth rose to ...

Is there a specific age that you hope to reach? After decades of improvement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a hard truth: The average American life expectancy has fallen for ...

Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and territories studied reporting declines in their mortality rates since then. But vast ...

A person's age is one of the best predictors of how much longer they are likely to live. This is the main idea behind life expectancy. Life expectancy is a statistical measure of how long a person is ...

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