Life Expectancy

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- Half a glass of wine a day boosts life - 5.2
- Obesity in US population, more are overweight - 4.8
- Health and well being in old age - 4.4
- Life expectancy in US falls behind other countries - 4.2
- Colon cancer screenings could pose harm to some - 4.1
- Mild memory loss and thinking problems may impact life expectancy - 3.5
- Age plays too big a role in prostate cancer treatment decisions - 3.1
- Shorter wait means longer life for kidney transplant patients - 2.8
- Cognitive impairment linked to reduced survival in US - 2.8
- Bone marrow transplant can cure sickle cell disease - 2.5

Life Expectancy articles

Mild memory loss and thinking problems may impact life expectancy
Cognitive impairment, especially at the moderate to severe stages has an impact on life expectancy similar to chronic conditions such as diabetes or chronic heart failure, revealed by Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University researchers in a study "Cognitive Impairment: An Independent Predictor of Excess Mortality. A Cohort Study" published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Life expectancy in US falls behind other countries
America continues to lag behind other nations when it comes to gains in life expectancy, and commonly cited causes for our poor performance-obesity, smoking, traffic fatalities and homicide-are not to blame, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

Obesity in US population, more are overweight
If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Pain relief drugs may encourage cancer growth
Opiate-based painkillers like morphine can stimulate the growth and spread of cancer cells, revealed by researchers.

Cancer - a concern in schizophrenia patients
Schizophrenia patients are four times as likely to die from all causes and are 50 percent more likely to die from cancer compared to people in the general population, revealed by researchers.

Total knee replacement is cost effective
Total knee replacement (arthroplasty) appears to be a cost-effective procedure for older adults with advanced osteoarthritis in the US Medicare, revealed by researchers.

Half a glass of wine a day boosts life
Drinking up to half a glass of wine a day may boost life expectancy by five years-at least in men-suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Men should get PSA testing at age 40
The American Urological Association (AUA) issued new clinical guidance – which directly contrasts recent recommendations issued by other major groups – about prostate cancer screening, asserting that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test should be offered to well-informed, men aged 40 years or older who have a life expectancy of at least 10 years.

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