The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted stark inequalities in healthy life expectancy, according to a report into healthy aging published today.
Jan 15, 2021
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Better heart health, as measured by the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 (LS7) scale, was associated with a significantly lower risk of developing high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) in middle-aged, ...
Sep 16, 2020
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In 1800, the global average life expectancy was only 29 years. Today, life expectancy continues to rise, with babies born in the UK in 2018 expected to live to 87.6 years for men and 90.2 years for women on average. But as ...
Jul 1, 2020
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Improvements in the nation's health care system—particularly changes that address inequities in care and the impact of social determinants of health—are necessary to achieve the goal to equitably increase healthy life ...
Feb 4, 2020
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In a new report published today in Circulation, experts outline national and global goals to help people live healthier for longer. While heart disease and stroke-related deaths continue to decline, the rate at which they're ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Data reported in the just published American Heart Association's Heart & Stroke Statistics—2020 Update, show heart disease and stroke deaths continue to decline, but that trend has slowed significantly in recent years. ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Sticking to a healthy lifestyle including not smoking, not being overweight, and exercising regularly, is associated with a longer life expectancy at age 50 free of major diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, ...
Jan 8, 2020
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Chaperone proteins in human cells dynamically interact with the protein α-Synuclein, which is strongly associated with Parkinson's disease. A disturbed relationship to these "bodyguards" leads to cell damage and the formation ...
Dec 4, 2019
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UNIGE researchers have been analyzing the rise in healthy life expectancy in Switzerland since 1990 and measuring the differences based on an individual's level of education.
Nov 11, 2019
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The UK government is at risk of missing its target to increase healthy life expectancy by five years by 2035, according to a new report, "Growing Older, Better," published by The Physiological Society on Tuesday 15 October.
Oct 15, 2019
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