Why can some animals, like elephants, reach 70 years while having few offspring, while others, like mice, live only a few ...

Chicago has for decades been dealing with a so-called "death gap," in which life expectancy in one neighborhood can be 20 ...

Sleep has long been associated with overall health and wellbeing. Recent findings, however, suggest that sleep is more ...

The life expectancy for residents of The Loop is 87.3 years, according to numbers from the Chicago Department of Public ...

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

Researchers are citing the continued barriers that are widening the life expectancy gap between Black and white people. America’s entrenched racism is contributing to the growing life expectancy gap ...

Especially for men Back in 2022, Kansas, especially men, saw a rise of half a year in life expectancy. A report from the U.S.

Two new studies have found that small improvements in day-to-day life can have substantial impacts on life expectancy.

Trump and Oz promote $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program to improve access and end zip code-based health disparities.

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 ...