Life span

As you’re most likely aware, an entire “anti-aging,” bio-hacking culture has erupted in this country, so that thousands of online influencers and billionaire tech entrepreneurs have invested millions, if not billions of dollars, trying to slow down and even reverse the biological aging process. While advances in science have been…

Is your goal at this stage of life to live as long as possible, or to live as well as you can, for as long as you are able? To a certain extent, that’s the life span versus health span debate. Across the globe, there’s a discrepancy in the number…

While genes are not definitive proof of your health or life destiny, it appears from new research that if you want to live a long life, being born into a family with long-living relatives may be your golden ticket. According to a new study published in Science, it now appears…

If you’ve been fortunate enough to live well into your later years, you may have a few bits of wisdom to share or ideas to suggest on how you’ve managed to live so long and prosper. Well, a new survey released by United Healthcare offers an in-depth look at some…

While presumably we all hope for a long and healthy life, many of us fall short on both counts, and some of us live longer but not always healthier. In the US, the average life expectancy for men is about 75 years old, while for women, it’s about 80 years…

No doubt you’ve heard about the array of efforts underway by both serious scientists and serial entrepreneurs to extend the length of life well beyond current human boundaries. And you’ve also likely read, in both agebuzz and elsewhere, about efforts to extend your “healthspan” along with your life span: that…