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Coupled with a lack of sufficient prevention strategies and clinical interventions for age-related diseases, the enormous growth of the elderly population poses a significant socioeconomic and healthcare challenge worldwide. With life expectancy rising across the globe – save for the short-term declines caused by the COVID-19 pandemic – more patients are expected to suffer from …
It would appear as if the life expectancy for American men has peaked and it is now in a modest but steady decline since 2014, which may be driven by deaths of despair, and the rising income inequality in America influencing health comes. The average life expectancy of American men declined to 76.1 years, while …
Research continues to show following five fairly simple healthy lifestyle habits can make a significant difference in life expectancy, for both sexes, the more you implement the more likely it is that you will live longer and more healthy. How is it that the USA spends the most on healthcare, yet despite efforts remains to …
Average life expectancy will increase globally by 2030 of at least 65% for women and 85% for men, two time points help to define when life spans within populations are extending due to improvements in maternal, child health, and improved adult health, as published in the Lancet. In Europe French and Swiss women are being …
Delayed aging could increase life expectancy by an additional 2.2 years, most of which would be spent in good health. Observing that: “Recent scientific advances suggest that slowing the aging process (senescence) is now a realistic goal … Yet most medical research remains focused on combating individual diseases,” Dana Goldman, from the University of Southern …