Q: I know you are a physician and wonder what you think about all the information I see on longevity and how it may affect my finances. A: The idea of lifespan is indeed a very interesting and ...

In 2014, then-57-year-old bioethicist Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel wrote an infamous essay titled, “Why I Hope to Die at 75” for The Atlantic. His argument boiled down to this: it’s not worth living as long as ...

Deepak Chopra advises that quality of life is now more important than lifespan. (Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) Some pessimism has been circulating ...

Many people want to live as long as possible. But what about living as well as possible? Thats the idea behind extending whats called your healthspan. Healthspan is the length of time you live in good ...

Do you know what the difference is between healthspan and lifespan? You should, especially because while the average lifespan has increased from 75 to 77 since 1990, the average health span hasn’t ...

In a major interview with The New York Times in March 2024, Valter Longo, PhD, a professor of gerontology and biological ...

We are all familiar with the concept of lifespan. In simple terms, lifespan is the period of time in which a person is alive. Thanks to incredible advances in medicine and research, lifespans are ...

Perimenopause and ovarian ageing, highlighting the importance of future interventions focused on early detection, ...

Medical Mutual of Ohio announced it will bring onto its rolls 105,000 members currently enrolled in HealthSpan Partners’ individual and group plans — a move that essentially spells the end for the ...

Rather than just focusing on increasing lifespan, one field of anti-aging research is concerned with extending healthspan – the stretch of our life we spend healthy. After all, there's no point living ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about longevity and fitness is that visible fitness equals internal health. Someone can be lean and active but still have dangerously high apolipoprotein B (a protein ...

Objective To examine the relationships between age, healthspan and chronic illness among former professional American-style football (ASF) players. Methods We compared age-specific race-standardised ...