Rather than just focusing on increasing lifespan, one field of anti-aging research is concerned with extending healthspan – the stretch of our life we spend healthy. After all, there's no point living ...

Many people want to live as long as possible. But what about living as well as possible? Thats the idea behind extending whats called your healthspan. Healthspan is the length of time you live in good ...

This series was created for Google, the Buck Institute, Optispan and Phenome Health by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Good news for worms: ...

Since the dawn of the 20th century, humanity has experienced a rise in life expectancy unparalleled over our species’ 300,000-year history. In 1900, a newborn could expect to live, on average, 32 ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...

This series was created for Google, the Buck Institute, Optispan and Phenome Health by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. For many people, a ...

Much attention has been paid in recent years to life expectancy in the U.S., which remains lower than in many other industrialized nations that spend less on health care. But with data suggesting 79% ...