Longevity, the length of human life, is the subject of growing scientific and commercial interest. Click here to read more.

Sleep isn’t just about feeling rested—it may be one of the strongest predictors of how long you live. Researchers analyzing nationwide data found that insufficient sleep was more closely tied to ...

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Last week, Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards struck down part of a Kentucky statute defining human life as beginning at fertilization. The case arose after a Jewish woman argued she feared ...

Life expectancy varies across the world, largely due to environmental factors. The World Bank Group ranked life expectancy in different countries around the world. Monaco and San Marino reported the ...

Exclusive: Health Foundation says Britain is ‘going backwards’ compared with most other rich countries Findings on healthy life expectancy in UK shed light on its deteriorating health People in the UK ...

Healthy life expectancy in the UK – the years we can expect to live in good health – has fallen by more than two years over the past decade, according to a new Health Foundation analysis. The decline ...

Metric gives fuller picture than life expectancy, which is simply how long people live, says Health Foundation People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds The obesity ...

The number of years people in the UK spend in good health is falling, according to a new report. Over the past decade healthy life expectancy (HLE) has dropped by around two years to just under 61 for ...