Global life expectancy at birth recovered from a two-year decline in 2022 but has yet to return to the record high hit in 2019. The most recent figures available from the World Bank indicate ...

Aging is an inevitable fact of life. But as life span increases, do aging processes slow down? Here, we introduce how to measure life span, aging rate, and frailty, in cohorts and populations.

When studying life span, scientists tend to work with organisms that do not live very long; that way, they can observe the entire course of an organism's existence and obtain relatively rapid ...

Retirees are living longer than ever, but the wealth management industry is far from unanimous about how to plan around that ...

Objective Low physical activity (PA) levels are associated with increased mortality. Improved measurement has resulted in stronger proven associations between PA and mortality, but this has not yet ...

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a progressive condition. The average life expectancy is around 5 to 8 years following a diagnosis, but it can be up to 20 years. There is no cure for LBD, but treatment ...