Global life expectancy increased by five years between 2000 and 2015, the World Health Organization said Thursday, crediting progress in Africa against HIV, AIDS and malaria.
May 19, 2016
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Using unique demographic records on 140,600 reproducing individuals from the Utah Population Database, a research team led from Uppsala University has come to the conclusion that lowered birth rates are one reason why women ...
Apr 18, 2016
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Americans are living longer but in poorer health, according to a new study.
Apr 15, 2016
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In 2010, when President Barack Obama spoke at Northeastern in support of Martha Coakely's gubernatorial bid, he looked markedly different from the candidate we'd seen on the campaign trail just two years earlier: His black ...
Mar 22, 2016
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It's already well known that a diet may have a life-extending effect. Researchers from Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena, Germany, now showed that besides improving the functionality of ...
Mar 14, 2016
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Aging is one of the most mysterious processes in biology. We don't know, scientifically speaking, what exactly it is. We do know for sure when it ends, but to make matters even more inscrutable, the timing of death is determined ...
Jan 27, 2016
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A hormone that extends lifespan in mice by 40% is produced by specialized cells in the thymus gland, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. The team also found that increasing the levels of this ...
Jan 11, 2016
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Animal studies have already shown that a strong link exists between genetic background and physical activity level. The purpose of our study was to investigate the associations between genetic background, physical activity ...
Dec 16, 2015
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Rich countries have gained more than 10 years in life expectancy on average since 1970, a study released by the OECD said Wednesday, but the United States has slumped to near the bottom.
Nov 4, 2015
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By age 5 children have a sense of self-esteem comparable in strength to that of adults, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers.
Nov 2, 2015
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