Life Expectancy

Exercises That Can Add Years To Your Life

Posted 05.08.2012

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Working out isn't only about how you'll look in that bikini. Getting -- and staying -- in shape boosts heart health, helps your skin and improves your...

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Are We Methuselah?

Charles Peralo | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Methuselah, Millenials, Aging, Longevity, Life Expectancy, Methuselah Fly, Overpopulation, Teen News
Charles Peralo

The fourth massive stage in human history is here. So the key now is spreading this information in order to speed up the process. With that education, financial and medical reforms will be made.

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Could Shorter Life Expectancy Reduce Your Chances Of Divorce?

Natasha Burton | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Canada, Divorce News, Lifespan, Life Expectancy, Divorce, Divorce News
Natasha Burton

There may be an upside to a shorter lifespan. According to a study released Monday by Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, people with lower life ...

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Is Our Health Care Debate Just a Sideshow?

Sam Pizzigati | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Health Care, Inequality, Annual Review of Public Health, Mortality, Stephen Bezruchka, Affordable Care Act, Life Expectancy, Politics News
Sam Pizzigati

What's going on here? Inequality is going on. Inequality generates a chronic stress that saps and zaps our physical health, and no major developed nation has become more unequal over recent decades than the United States.

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10 Hotspots Where People Live The Longest

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Aging Gracefully, Aging, Video, Longevity, US News Longevity Hotspots, Longevity Study, Longevity Hotspots, Longevity Diet, Life Expectancy, Slidepollajax, Healthy Living News

By Miriam Weiner for U.S. News Health In 1513, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León set sail in search of Bimini, a mythical land said to house...

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How Long Will You Live? Take This Test

Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: How to Increase Longevity, How to Predict Life Expectancy, The Revolution, Video, Longevity, Predict Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy Quiz, Health Post50, How to Increase Life Expectancy, How Long Will I Live, Life Expectancy, The Revolution Life Expectancy, Fifty News

Age is just a number, but which number do you think you'll live to see? The audience and co-hosts of "The Revolution" took a life expectancy quiz base...

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Quitting Smoking Harder for Poor -- American Heart Month: Day 18

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Living Longer, Wealthy, Rich Live Longer, Income Inequality, Business News, Longevity, Life, Life Expectancy, Wealth, Wealth Gap, Healthy Living News
Suzanne O'Malley

"Quitting smoking is the single most important step smokers can take to improve their health," according to Dr. Norman Edelman, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association.

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10 Countries With the Largest Projected Population Growth: American Exceptionalism

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Abortion, Population, Population Growth, Family Planning, Emigration, 7 Billion People, Overpopulation, Fertility, Immigration, Life Expectancy, Demographics, Oecd, Thomas Malthus, India, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Nigeria, United States, Philippines, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, China, World Population, World News
Howard Steven Friedman

The US population is wealthier, older, less fertile and more influenced by immigration than the other countries projected to experience major population growth, so why is the U.S. population is expected to grow much more than other wealthy countries?

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Rich People Live Longer Than The Poor, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Income Gap, Video, Wealthy, Longevity, Wealth, Income Inequality, Living Longer, Occupy Wall Street, Rich Live Longer, Life Expectancy, Wealth Gap, Life, Business News

Wealthy people possess more than just spending power. They also have more time to live than poor people do, a new study has found. The wealthiest p...

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Homicide Not As Deadly For Americans

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Top 15 Causes of Death, Death Rate, Mortality Rate, American Causes of Death, Cdc Causes of Death, Homicide, Cause of Death, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Life Expectancy, US Causes of Death, Crime News

ATLANTA — For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung...

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Sports Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

Ben Rosen | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Sports Illustrated, Life Expectancy, Concussion, Athletes Death, Athletes Mortality, Athletes Life Expectancy, Sports News
Ben Rosen

Every year, Sports Illustrated says farewell to the famous athletes who have died during the year. Browsing through this year's issue, I was struck by the following realization: They're too young to die!

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SEC Sues Firm For Lowballing Life Expectancy Settlements

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

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WACO, Texas -- Federal securities regulators filed suit Tuesday against a Texas-based provider of so-called "life settlements," accusing it and three ...

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New Yorkers Living Longer Than Ever

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: New York Life Expectancy, Bloomberg, Anti-Smoking, Bloomber Smoking Ban, Life Expectancy, Ny News, Smoking Ban, New York News

Mayor Bloomberg announced in a press conference on Tuesday that the life expectancy for New Yorkers has reached an all-time high, with babies born in...

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Where Our Nation Has Failed

Leon Friedman | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Gini Coefficient, Education, Life Expectancy, Infant Mortality, Health, United States Health Care, Economic Inequality, US Infant Mortality, Politics News
Leon Friedman

In the face of our enormous economic success, why are we so deficient in dealing with the health of our infants and the population as a whole or in educating our children, in comparison with other countries in the world?

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Red Grape Compound May Mimic Diet In Obese Men, Study Says

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Calorie Restriction, Aging, Longevity, Katz, Healthy, Anti-Aging, Antioxidants, Lifespan, Resveratrol, Calories, Health, Dr. David Katz, Wine, Life Expectancy, News, Conditions, Cell Metabolism, Diet & Nutrition, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Based on a small, brief, but nonetheless profound and compelling study in the current issue of the highly regarded scientific journal, Cell Metabolism, I intend to start taking resveratrol.

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Worst States for Retirement 2011

Richard Barrington | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: High Taxes, Crime, Climate, Economy, Retirement, Worst States, Life Expectancy, Moneyrates, Unemployment, Cost of Living, Fifty News
Richard Barrington

For the second year in a row, MoneyRates.com has ranked the best and worst U.S. states for retirement. We based our rankings on four factors: economic factors, climate, life expectancy and crime rate.

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Best States for Retirement 2011

Richard Barrington | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Retirement, Best States, Readers Poll, Economic Indicators, Climate, Life Expectancy, Crime Rates, 2011, Business News
Richard Barrington

Your best place to retire depends on highly personal factors. You care about proximity of friends and family, cultural and natural attractions or maybe the presence of a favorite professional sports team.

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Aging as a Spiritual Practice

Lewis Richmond | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Alzheimer's, Meditation, Life Expectancy, Buddhism, Aging as a Spiritual Practice, Fifty News
Lewis Richmond

What will we do with this extra gift of years that modern life expectancy has offered us? Enjoy it as much as possible, and share that joy, because the younger generations coming up behind us need our example and our encouragement.

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I'm Planning My 150th Birthday Party -- Today!

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Longevity, Sonia Arrison, Singularity, Steve Rosenbaum, magnify.net, Life Expectancy, Health Care, Steven Rosenbaum, Technology News
Steve Rosenbaum

It used to be the stuff of science fiction, the idea that we could 'cheat death' and live well past what we now think of as a natural human lifespan. ...

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We're Living Longer Than Ever Before -- But Are We Healthier?

The Atlantic | Michael Fenster | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Aging, Life Expectancy, Health Care, Health, Childbirth, Fifty News

America is a land of opportunity and of a promise for a better life. Inherent in those possibilities is the idea that a better life is also a healthie...

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Advocacy For the Young Is the Best Advocacy For Seniors

Bernard Starr | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Baby Boomers, Global Economy, Longevity, Social Security, College Costs, Retirement, Senior Citizens, Aarp, Long-Term Care, Medicare, Life Expectancy, Age Wave, Advocacy, Politics News
Bernard Starr

Visionaries like gerontologist Ken Dychtwald warned decades ago about "train wrecks" ahead when he foresaw the implications of a society demographically dominated by the third age (age 60-plus adults). Now those warnings have turned prophetic.

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Study: 1 Hour of Reading Can Take Years Off Your Life

Anne Peterson | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Television, Writers, Health, Books, Computers, Life Expectancy, Reading, 1 Hour Tv 22 Minutes, Comedy News
Anne Peterson

Doctors at the National Center for the Betterment of Video Game Engagement & Television Viewership have proven staying in a seated position with a book can cause hypertension, diabetes, chronic back problems and irritable bowel syndrome.

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Who Will Live To 100? UK Report Reveals Our Chances

Huffington Post | Amanda Chan | Posted 10.04.2011

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Today's British 20-year-olds are twice as likely as their parents and three times as likely as their grandparents to live to age 100, according to a n...

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Got to Admit It's Getting Better

Dennis Whittle | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Charles Kenny, Gdp, Life Expectancy, International Development, Infant Mortality, Books, Books News
Dennis Whittle

Charles Kenny's recent book is an antidote to the pessimism many of us feel about the state of the world. Kenny shows that many indicators of wellbeing have improved rapidly even in the absence of consistent economic growth.

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Poverty Kills. Better Policy, Not Better Medicine, Is the Solution

Kristen Lewis | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Human Development, Gdp, Amartya Sen, Impact News, Economic Crisis, Health Care Reform, American-Human-Development-Project, Race, Life Expectancy, Social Issues, Health Care, Recession, Impact News
Kristen Lewis

Poverty kills. Addressing the underlying social and economic conditions that breed poverty and ill health -- in other words, better policy, not better medicine -- is the solution.

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