Now settled into a state-of-the art space that fosters collaboration and discovery, Brown scientists are tackling the ...

U.S. life expectancy is projected to rise by only two years, to 80·4. The U.S. will fall from 49th to 66th globally in life ...

The human body’s natural deterioration appears to follow ... Most developed nations have struggled to push average life ...

Life expectancy in the United States increased in 2023, reaching 78.4 years, while drug overdose mortality decreased from 2022 to 2023.

Dementia reduces life expectancy by about 2 years for those diagnosed at age 85, 3 to 4 years for those diagnosed at 80, and ...

It’s true that U.S. life expectancy is still lower, and deaths from most causes somewhat higher, than before the pandemic ...

A single cigarette can shorten your lifespan and impact your health, new research shows. Smoking just one cigarette can decrease your life expectancy by an estimated 20 minutes, according to a new ...

A new assessment of the harms of smoking shows cigarettes shorten life expectancy even more than doctors thought in the past.

On average, a single cigarette takes 20 minutes off a person’s life, according to a new study published at University College London. To put that into perspective, a pack of 20 cigarettes can ...

However, because centenarians are such a small cohort anyway, it’ll likely have little impact on overall life expectancy. Modern medicine has drastically extended human life expectancy—both by ...