Seven tenets of the anti-aging lifestyle not only reduce a person’s risks of heart disease, but may combat cancer as well.

Seniors who are socially isolated and lonely may be at greater risk of early death.

Worldwide, people are dying at older ages and early childhood survival rates have risen dramatically.

People may lose 30 minutes of life expectancy for every two cigarettes, for being 11 pounds overweight, and for eating an extra portion of red meat daily.

Optimal heart health in middle age helps the odds of living up to 14 years longer, free of cardiovascular disease.

Individuals with telomeres in the shortest 10% may be 23% more likely to die in the three years following measurement of these DNA endcaps.

 Two United Nations agencies have mapped the intersection of health and climate in an age of global warming.

What and when we eat can alter our body clocks – consequently impacting overall health, weight, and life expectancy.

Why women live, on average, longer than men may be explained by genetic variation across mitochondria – the energy powerhouses of cells.

Harvard Medical School (US) team urges that the elimination of physical inactivity could reduce global rates deaths by all causes by at least 5.3 million annually.