Black patients are 50% more likely than white patients to be denied free caregiver visits, which can exacerbate poor health ...

‘Live to 100’ explores why people in ‘blue zones’ live longer than average Many people try all sorts of things to have ... doctors Life expectancy in the U.S. is at its lowest point ...

But there’s a financial cost to longevity, and it’s one that many older Americans aren ... underestimate their life expectancy by five or more years. But that could have serious implications ...

The epitome of this is blue zones, which are regions where people supposedly reach age 100 at a remarkable rate. For almost ...

Many Americans ... the world's lowest retirement age, at 55. A few other countries, primarily in the developing world, have similarly lower retirement ages due to differing life expectancy and ...

America’s health care system lags far behind other wealthy nations when it comes to meeting the basic needs of its population ...

Although democracy is failing to meet the needs of many Americans, it is far preferable to an autocratic system, and it can ...

The first time I met a rich person, I was 15. I’d just arrived at boarding school on scholarship after time in foster care.

We recently got our annual reminder to argue about “tax flight” — the assertion that Minnesota’s relatively higher taxes are ...

Women in West Virginia have the worst life expectancy of those in any other state, while men have the second lowest, again trailing behind Mississippi, according to the data. The average life ...

Where we live really does have an impact on our health ... it paints a fascinating real-life portrait of the health of the nation. Some of the findings are predictable - but others are highly ...

From 2020 to 2021, the average life expectancy nationwide dipped from 77 years to 76.4 years, a change likely spearheaded by the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts have mixed views of California fast food ...