* Life expectancy growth in high-income nations is slowing for generations born after 1939 * Reduced gains in early-age mortality improvements are the primary cause of the slowdown * //While medical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Old person A new study highlights worrying differences in life expectancy trends across the United States, showing that states are ...

After more than a century of steady progress, new research warns that the world’s life expectancy boom is slowing, largely because improvements in early-life mortality have already been achieved.

Life expectancy in the United States varies dramatically based on where someone lives. A groundbreaking study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) examined more than 179 million ...

Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. were among the areas with the highest life expectancy rates in the U.S. Researchers collected data using life expectancy patterns based on birth groups from ...

The life expectancy for Connecticut women is six years longer than it was 50 years ago, and Connecticut men are living seven years longer, according to data released recently. The average life ...

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 ...

While the average life expectancy has been rising worldwide over the past century, new research found the average life expectancy actually fell significantly in three countries where policy changes ...

NAGANO—Okinawa Prefecture once boasted the longest life expectancy in the country, but it has now dropped well out of the top 10.