WASHINGTON — Americans are living longer thanks to advances in medical care, but have a lower quality of life with the proliferation of chronic disease and preventable illness, a report found.
While deaths from cancer and …

 He’s ugly, squat – and he could hold the secret to humans living for 200 years.
This is the ‘naked mole rat’, a species which can live for 30 years – approximately ten times longer than …

A new study suggests that higher blood pressure is associated with lower mortality in extremely frail, elderly adults.
The study, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s (JAMA)Archives of Internal Medicine, looked at …

Almost 30 million people live with Alzheimer’s disease worldwide, a staggering health-care burden that is expected to quadruple by 2050. Yet doctors can offer no effective treatment, and scientists have not been able definitively to …

Skin moisturizers are usually considered completely safe and healthy products. But a shocking study from Rutgers University suggests that some common moisturizers actually may promote skin cancer and lead to the development of aggressive, fast-growing …

 An article published online on February 6, 2012 in the American Journal of Epidemiology reveals an association between decreased serum vitamin D levels and a greater incidence of obesity in adults.
Xiao-Mei Mai of Norwegian University of Science and Technology …

Hollywood superstar Suzanne Somers has played many roles in her long career: television actress, fitness-product pitchwoman, and best-selling author. But with her new book, Somers has become something else entirely: a medical pioneer.
In “Bombshell: Explosive …

What is health?  What is healthiness? 
There are a few definitions of health. Search anywhere for healthiness – and you will find yourself re-directed to ‘health’. What about Healthicine?  Medicine is well defined, but no dictionary defines healthicine. …

Longevity is not only rooted in what we put in our bodies but also how we regulate our intake.  There is a Japanese proverb, “hara hachi bunme” or “Stop eating when you are 80% full”. …

If your saving up for retirement you better keep on saving. More and more Americans are living longer, a lot longer. By the year 2050 nine million people will be in their 90s. …