The century of ever-rising lifespans may be ending: new research finds younger generations won’t see the same leaps in longevity.

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 significantly, ...

“We’re squeezing less and less life out of these life-extending technologies,” said S. Jay Olshansky, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and lead author of the study.

The study, published in the journal PNAS, analysed life expectancy trends for 23 nations with high incomes and low death rates using data from the Human Mortality Database and six different mortality ...

“In the absence of any breakthroughs that significantly extend human life, life expectancy will still not match the rapid ...

The rise in human life expectancy may be slowing down after nearly doubling over the last century, new research suggests. Over the 19th and 20th centuries, there have been dramatic increases in ...

Researchers forecast that people born between 1939 and 2000 in 23 high-income countries will see slower life expectancy gains ...

People with depression, schizophrenia, PTSD, and other mental health disorders die 10–20 years earlier — mostly from heart disease.

Referring to the Human Mortality Database—whose longevity data covers 41 countries—what Vinicius and Migliano see is a continuation in the improvement of life expectancy on a global scale.

The rise in human life expectancy has slowed down across Europe since 2011, according to new research. A new study reveals that the food we eat, physical inactivity and obesity are largely to ...

While women in Hong Kong generally enjoy longer lifespans, the study underscored that they often face unique challenges as ...

Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to ...