Life expectancy at birth has crossed 70 years, according to estimates, but healthy life expectancy — the years lived in reasonably good health — remains closer to 60. This means, the average Indian ...

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West Garfield Park residents are expected to live on average until 67 years old, compared to Loop residents living to age 87. This is widest death gap in Chicago and the biggest gap of any big U.S.

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An Australian woman has decided to end her life with medical assistance to “die on her own terms” after years of living with a rare and terminal neurological disease. Annaliese Holland, 25, said she ...

The rare "bubble boy disease" that impacts how a child's immune system works and cuts them off from the outside world may have a cure after a clinical trial showed promise. NBC Washington's Erika ...

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Life expectancy is on the rise, but you wouldn't know it talking to American adults today. Research shows that middle-aged and older Americans consistently underestimate how long they're likely to ...

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