Health
Could your unborn child help scientists to improve the health of the future population?
Babies that aren't even born yet could help Aberdeen scientists to improve the health of future generations.
Oct 30, 2018
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Early onset of menopause and diabetes may limit life span
Only in science fiction novels can scientists predict people's lifespans. However, researchers have advanced the understanding of those risk factors that adversely affect mortality rates. A new study concludes that women ...
Oct 16, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Being overweight or obese in your 20s will take years off your life, according to a new report
Young adults classified as obese in Australia can expect to lose up to 10 years in life expectancy, according to a major new study.New modelling from The George Institute for Global Health and the University of Sydney also ...
Oct 10, 2018
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Following five healthy lifestyle habits may increase life expectancy by decade or more
Maintaining five healthy habits—eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, keeping a healthy body weight, not drinking too much alcohol, and not smoking—during adulthood may add more than a decade to life expectancy, ...
Apr 30, 2018
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Smoking reduces increase in life expectancy for less educated women
Life expectancy in Sweden has risen steadily during the last few decades for most groups. One exception is women whose highest educational level is compulsory school. This is mostly because of smoking, says a new dissertation ...
Dec 11, 2017
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Women in East Germany will be more likely to die from smoking than those in West Germany
Due to a silent but dramatic increase in the number of young East German women smoking after reunification, their death rates are forecasted to exceed those in the West within the next few decades according to forecasts up ...
May 10, 2017
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Parenthood linked to longer life
Parenthood is associated with a longer life than childlessness, particularly in older age, when health and capacity may start to decline, finds research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Mar 13, 2017
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Report: Life expectancy dipped a bit for white women in US
Life expectancy for white women has fallen a little, according to a new government report.
Apr 20, 2016
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Older women lose much of their advantage in living active lives
In a reversal of a long-standing pattern, a new study shows that older women in the U.S. have lost ground relative to older men in the number of years they can expect to live free from disabilities past age 65.
Mar 18, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Men see lower gains in life expectancy than women in era of HIV treatment in South Africa
Improvements in availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV in South Africa over the past decade coincide with an increased gap in female versus male life expectancy, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine ...
Nov 24, 2015
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