Experts say that the steady rise in life expectancy is slowing down because we’ve run out of ways to improve our mortality.

After decades of rising life expectancy, the increases appear to be slowing. A new study calls into question how long even the healthiest of populations can live. By Dana G. Smith The oldest human on ...

Globally, people are living longer lives, but a new study estimates that our lifespans are outpacing our health spans, aka the number of years we live in good health. (Getty) People are living longer ...

Human longevity records may be broken in the next few decades, a new modeling study suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

People around the world are, on the whole, living longer. At the same time, the gap between how long men and women live is decreasing, new research shows. The study of more than 190 countries ...

Research Interests: My research interests focus on life span development and aging, particularly the coaction and interplay of genes and environments on cognitive aging and the risk of Alzheimer's ...

People are living longer than ever before — but they’re not actually healthier. And the number of years spent sick is only growing, according to a massive new study just published in JAMA Network Open ...