Most people want to live a long and happy life—or at least avoid a short and miserable one. If you're in that majority, then you're in luck. Over the last decade, a quiet research revolution has occurred in our understanding ...
Oct 21, 2021
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Central government austerity measures since 2010 are linked to tens of thousands more deaths than expected, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open on the joint impact of social care, public health, and healthcare ...
Oct 14, 2021
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A substantial number of English communities experienced a decline in life expectancy from 2010-2019, Imperial College London researchers have found.
Oct 13, 2021
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A new report, The COVID-19 Pandemic, published today by the Longevity Science Panel (LSP) (with contributions by MICRA's Professor Debbie Price), highlights that life expectancy at birth fell by 1.3 years for men and 0.9 ...
Oct 7, 2021
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If immigrants to the United States formed their own country, their pre-COVID-19 life expectancies would exceed or match those of the world's leaders in longevity—Swiss men and Japanese women. A new study by USC and Princeton ...
Sep 30, 2021
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Persistent gaps in life expectancy between Black and white Americans have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, this gap has narrowed by nearly 50% in three decades, largely due to improvements among Black Americans, ...
Sep 28, 2021
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A long-term follow up analysis of the NRG-RTOG 9804 randomized trial has shown that breast radiation following lumpectomy significantly reduces incidence of ipsilateral breast recurrence (IBR) for "low risk" DCIS. NRG-RTOG ...
Sep 27, 2021
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With more than 18 months of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, researchers have been steadily gathering new and important insights into the effects of COVID-19 on the body and brain. These findings are raising concerns ...
Sep 27, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic triggered life expectancy losses not seen since World War II in Western Europe and exceeded those observed around the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc in central and Eastern European countries, according ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Adults with neurologic conditions are more likely than the general population to have had adverse childhood experiences such as abuse, neglect or household dysfunction, according to a study published in the September 22, ...
Sep 22, 2021
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