“Who Wants to Live Forever” is a song that appeared on the 1986 album “A Kind of Magic” by the rock band Queen. The song often sparks conversation about the potential benefits of immortality.

How would your retirement plans change if you knew you would live to 100? While no one has a crystal ball to see the future, there are tools available to help you make an educated guess about your ...

Sleep is often treated as optional, but new nationwide research suggests it may be one of the most powerful factors shaping how long people live.

A NEW strategy aiming to improve healthy life expectancy of Barnsley people is being launched.Calculated using mortality...

For most of human history, life unfolded quickly and ended abruptly. In the early 19th century, global life expectancy ...

Wondering how long one's life will last is a universal thought. The average life expectancy in the United States is 81.4 years for women and 75.8 years for men, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Gurven is distinguished professor of anthropology at the University of California-Santa Barbara and the author of “Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer.” We’re living in the age of the ...

The benefits of walking abound—improving heart health, sleep quality, and mood are just a few of the many pros of going for a stroll. Now, new research has found that walking could add over 10 years ...

More men than women believe that they will live to see 100. Women, on average, live longer lives than men—yet a new research survey finds men are more confident in their chances of living a long life.