Several factors can influence a person’s life expectancy if they experience recurrence of pancreatic cancer, including the location of recurrence, a person’s treatment, and their tumor grading, size, ...

The five classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease are well known - smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and underweight or overweight/obesity. All increase the likelihood ...

Life expectancy in the year 1800 was no older than 40 years globally. Modern life expectancies of around 78 years in the United States are largely due to improvements in infant mortality and public ...

The average life expectancy in the U.S. increased by almost a year in 2023, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control Thursday, Dec. 19. U.S. average life expectancy was 78.4 ...

Researchers examine how considering age and regional factors to QALY estimates can improve healthcare policy decisions and ...

Despite all the recent hype from anti-aging evangelists and companies touting ways to extend life, human life expectancy is actually slowing down after accelerating in the previous century. In a paper ...

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the planet's greatest driver of year-to-year climate swings, shapes temperature, ...

San Antonio's resilience is real. Families, neighbors and community organizations have filled gaps for years. But resilience is not a health system, and it cannot substitute for care that is timely, ...

People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) frequently live well into adulthood. Advances in treatment have significantly increased the life expectancy for this condition. The median life expectancy ...

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 shorten ...

The life expectancy of someone with an ileostomy depends on the underlying illness they have. An ileostomy does not reduce an individual’s life expectancy. Doctors perform this procedure to bypass ...