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To understand life in America, we must understand how and when we die. In 2026, it’s not a pretty picture. U.S. health and ...

Americans born after 1970 are dying faster than their parents, with higher rates of heart disease, cancer and overdoses ...

Public health in America continues to falter as it is underfunded and not prioritized by the federal and state governments as well as the healthcare industries. After two years of dramatic decline in ...

Human life expectancy has potentially been pushed to the max, new research suggests. The recent increase in people's longevity appears to be slowing down despite new developments in medicine, ...

As global life expectancy rises, so too does the number of years people spend burdened by chronic disease. Modern medicine has turned death sentences into "manageable conditions," but manage is the ...

The United States is expected to make only minor gains in life expectancy over the next few decades, and this minimal improvement highlights an “alarming trajectory of health challenges” facing the ...

This chart shows the life expectancy of married/never married U.S. men and women, by current age.

Small daily choices stack up in ways most people rarely notice until years later. Some habits don’t cause immediate problems, ...

Dysautonomia describes a group of conditions affecting your autonomic nervous system. This system controls automatic functions of the nervous system, like breathing and heartbeat. Certain changes in ...