As America marks 250 years, rising U.S. life expectancy may be one of its greatest achievements. The next challenge: turning ...

Even as health care issues rise in the 2026 campaign debate, new data show that far more House Republicans than Democrats ...

Countries around the world are grappling with the shared challenges of rising health care costs, physician burnout, and aging populations.1 Yet the United States has long been an outlier in several ...

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1 Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK 2 Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, ...

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The England and Wales Census 2021 included a voluntary question on sexual orientation for the first time; we have linked census data to death registrations to estimate life expectancy according to ...

You're probably already aware of the effects of not getting enough sleep. Not only can sleep deprivation lead to mental and physical health risks, studies have shown that it can shorten life ...

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Kashif J. Piracha, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine and nephrology physician with experience treating patients in acute care hospitals and rehabilitation facilities. People can live with one ...

Longevity, measured by cohort life expectancy, has risen steadily in high-income countries since the early 1900s, raising expectations that this trend will continue. However, whether these gains will ...