News tagged with expectation

Researchers quantify how many years of life are gained by being physically active

In a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, researchers have quantified how many years of life are gained by being physically active at different ...

Health created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study finds length of DNA strands can predict life expectancy

Can the length of strands of DNA in patients with heart disease predict their life expectancy? Researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, who studied the DNA of more ...

Medical research created Mar 10, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Americans aren't hitting their prime till after 65

Whether you are a twentysomething, Gen Xer or Baby Boomer, the older crew has an edge on you, according to new research.

Health created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 5

Life expectancy in most US counties falls behind world's healthiest nations

While people in Japan, Canada, and other nations are enjoying significant gains in life expectancy every year, most counties within the United States are falling behind, according to a new study by the Institute for Health ...

Health created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Cellular repair could reduce premature aging

Researchers have identified a potential drug therapy for a premature ageing disease that affects children causing them to age up to eight times as fast as the usual rate.

Genetics created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

What the electric meter tells us about the birth rate

(Medical Xpress) -- If a woman were to consume in the form of food the amount of energy she uses, and were to follow the fertility patterns seen in other species, she would weigh as much as two elephants, ...

Medical research created Jul 04, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Girls born in 2009 will have shorter lives than their mothers in hundreds of U.S. counties

Nationwide, women’s lifespans are improving at a much slower pace than men's. In hundreds of U.S. counties, women are living shorter lives today than they did two decades ago, according to new county-by-county ...

Health created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study shows stagnating life expectancies in US

Despite modest gains in lifespan over the past century, the United States still trails many of the world's countries when it comes to life expectancy, and its poorest citizens live approximately five years ...

Health created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Why women outlive men: It's in our genes, study says

Scientists are beginning to understand one of life's enduring mysteries - why women live, on average, longer than men.

Genetics created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Gene overdose' causes extreme thinness

Scientists have discovered a genetic cause of extreme thinness for the first time, in a study published today in the journal Nature.

Genetics created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Women still in grip of idealized love and sex, purveyed by romantic fiction

Modern women are still heavily influenced by the idealised love and sex, purveyed by romantic fiction, says broadcaster and agony aunt Susan Quilliam in this month's Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Most US presidents live beyond average life expectancy

Contrary to claims that U.S. presidents age at twice the normal rate, a new study finds that most U.S. presidents live longer than expected for men of their same age and era.

Health created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

15 minutes of physical activity per day reduces risk of death by 14 percent, increases life expectancy by 3 years

A study published Online First by The Lancet shows that just 15 minutes of physical activity per day reduces a person's risk of death by 14% and increases life expectancy by 3 years compared with inactive people. The Articl ...

Health created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Why do Scots die younger?

Life expectancy in Scotland is markedly lower compared to other European nations and the UK as a whole. But what are the reasons for this higher mortality? An explanatory framework, synthesising the evidence is published ...

Health created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 12

The surprising ability of blood stem cells to respond to emergencies

A research team of Inserm, CNRS and MDC lead by Michael Sieweke of the Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille Luminy (CNRS, INSERM, Aix Marseille Université) and Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, ...

Immunology created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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