Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Approximately 525,000 more deaths occurred in the United States in ...

Since the early 20th century, sustained declines in mortality have driven steady increases in life expectancy, particularly in high-income countries. Several studies have reported that this ...

Grover is executive director of the Research and Action Institute of the AAMC. Ranney is a practicing emergency physician and dean of the Yale School of Public Health. It’s no secret that life ...

People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) frequently live well into adulthood. Advances in treatment have significantly increased the life expectancy for this condition. The median life expectancy ...

There has been a sharp drop in the self-reported ‘healthy life expectancy’ of the population, according to figures published ...

MADISON, Wis. – A new study co-authored by a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor finds that life expectancy gains made by high-income countries in the first half of the 20th century have slowed ...

Researchers found that life expectancy growth in wealthy nations has dramatically slowed since 1939. Once driven by major reductions in child mortality, longevity gains are now limited by slower ...

Kansas ranks 28th among the 50 U.S. states in life expectancy, with the typical Sunflower State resident living a few months less than the national average. Americans born in 2021 have an average life ...

Background We evaluated the impact of the number of teeth on health expectancy, measured as years of life without limitations in activities of daily living (ADLs) and physical function, among adults ...

Life expectancy in the United States can vary dramatically depending on where you live, with a new study showing nearly a nine-year gap between the top and bottom states. Hawaii came out on top, with ...