Life expectancy
US life expectancy edges upward as cancer death rate drops
The number of fatal drug overdoses declined for the first time in 28 years, and U.S. life expectancy at birth ticked upward for the ...
Are we reaching the limits of human life expectancy?
With life expectancies steadily rising in most countries, high quality care is essential for aging populations ...
Are we about to raise the cap on human life expectancy?
Ray Kurzweil, Google’s chief futurist, says that if you can just hang on until 2029, medical advances will start to ...
Longer lives for humans? Here’s what it will take
How healthy will the world be in 2040? If things continue as they are now, the answer is better off ...
Why people with autism have shorter life expectancies
Two recent studies will undoubtedly shock individuals and families affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These studies show a much earlier age ...