Metric gives fuller picture than life expectancy, which is simply how long people live, says Health Foundation ...

Southerners have a lower life expectancy than people living in other U.S. states, which experts attribute to several possible ...

After more than a century of steady progress, new research warns that the world’s life expectancy boom is slowing, largely because improvements in early-life mortality have already been achieved.

The number of years people in the UK spend in good health is falling, according to a new report. Over the past decade healthy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life expectancy differs by sexual orientation, data shows, prompting questions as to the causes. Michael Brandt/dpa People who ...

Women, on average, live longer lives than men—yet a new research survey finds men are more confident in their chances of living a long life. The research suggests, though, that the longevity boom may ...

Michael Gurven's new book takes a look at the evolution of human longevity and tries to dispel common misconceptions about aging. Reading time 6 minutes Aging is inevitable, but it hasn’t always ...

The number of years British people enjoy good health has fallen by over two years in a decade, with more suffering from ...

Despite people around the world boasting higher life expectancies than generations before them, new data that distinguish ...