A new study from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found major disparities in life expectancy between ...

Despite advancements in health care, life expectancy in some Southern U.S. states has not improved much while other states ...

Despite medical advances and lower disease rates, people in seven states are dying younger than 30 years ago, according to a ...

Fifty years of economic change have taken a heavy toll on some Americans, especially those with less education who not only have been left behind but are sicker and living shorter lives, according to ...

Periodical cicadas are especially unusual because of their long life cycles and their infrequent mass emergences. According to entomologists at the University of Connecticut, periodical cicadas ...

Life expectancy is the average lifespan of a population and can often be attributed to factors such as high infant and maternal mortality rates, prevalence of infectious diseases, limited access ...

Type 2 diabetes also puts you at risk for certain health conditions that can reduce life expectancy. Type 2 diabetes typically shows up later in life, although the incidence in younger people is ...

This article examines potential symptoms, timeline, and life expectancy for end stage liver cancer. Doctors may consider the stage of a person’s cancer along with other information to estimate ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team ...

In other words, personal wealth does buy more years of life in the U.S. than in Europe. These findings suggest that personal wealth alone is not enough to compensate for other factors that tend to ...

He explained how having strong quadriceps - a large muscle at the front of the thigh - can affect your life expectancy. He said: “The secret to a long life might be in your thighs. Recent ...