Humanity’s pursuit of longer life is moving from fiction to something far more real. At the heart of this shift is a bold idea called “Longevity Escape Velocity” — a vision that’s shaping how experts ...

Accelerating the decline in tobacco smoking globally, by decreasing smoking prevalence from current levels to 5% everywhere, could increase life expectancy and prevent millions of premature deaths by ...

A new study co-authored by a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor finds that life expectancy gains made by high-income countries in the first half of the 20th century have slowed significantly, ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. Over the past 150 years, humanity has unleashed unimaginable energy by splitting ...

The U.S. is failing to keep pace with dozens of countries around the world due to the steady decline of the nation's health progress, according to a detailed analysis of all 50 states and Washington, ...

Life expectancy (LE) in the U.S. is forecasted to increase from 78.3 years in 2022 to 79.9 years in 2035 and to 80.4 years in 2050 for all sexes combined. This modest increase lowers the country’s ...

Two distinct periods can be identified. From 1992 to the mid-2000s, average annual gains in both male and female life expectancy remained remarkably stable, as indicated by the nearly vertical trend ...

In a discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, researcher Steven H. Woolf explains how the peculiar features of life, policy, and economics in America are killing us sooner, and what we can do to change ...

Life expectancy varies greatly around the world. See which countries have the highest and lowest life expectancy.

Sarah is an experienced writer and editor enthusiastic about helping readers live their healthiest and happiest lives. Before joining Forbes Health, Sarah worked as a writer for various digital ...

Despite long-term survival reports in early gastric cancer, comparative life expectancy data with the general population is scarce. This study aimed to estimate patients’ life expectancy and analyze ...