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Walking just one hour a day can extend your lifespan

Walking just one hour a day can extend your lifespan

Independent - 15-Nov-2024

New research shows how regular exercise boosts health, even for those over 40

Men and women age differently because of their unique chromosomes and hormones

Men and women age differently because of their unique chromosomes and hormones

Live Forever Club - 14-Nov-2024

Understanding these factors may lead to more personalised treatments

Longevity divide: why olympic athletes live longer than AFL and rugby players

Longevity divide: why olympic athletes live longer than AFL and rugby players

The Conversation (UK) - 28-Oct-2024

Elite fitness doesn't guarantee a longer life—contact sports may carry hidden risks

Life expectancy in Scotland: A slow road to recovery

Life expectancy in Scotland: A slow road to recovery

BBC - 23-Oct-2024

Despite recent progress, life expectancy remains below pre-pandemic levels

Living beyond 100: Can humans achieve radical life extension in the 21st Century?

Living beyond 100: Can humans achieve radical life extension in the 21st Century?

Live Forever Club - 09-Oct-2024

Future of longevity depends on breakthroughs that can significantly slow ageing

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Life Expectancy Resources

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British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA)

Scientific society which promotes and funds research into the biology of ageing

Human Mortality Database (HMD)

World´s leading scientific data resource on mortality in developed countries

The Longevity Imperative

Amazon

How to Build a Healthier and More Productive Society to Support Our Longer Lives, written by Andrew Scott

What is life expectancy?

Demographer Philip Cohen explains life expectancy with a simple example using real data

Behavior, Health, and Aging

Amazon

Book that offers a stimulating array of multiple aspects of the aging process and of factors that affect it written by Stephen B. Manuck

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Life Expectancy Blog Posts

Are Wimbledon champions really getting older?
12-Jul-2024

Are Wimbledon champions really getting older?

Has this century seen extraordinarily long-lived Wimbledon champions, or are winners over 30 years of age the new normal?

If you stopped ageing today, how long would you live?
23-May-2024

If you stopped ageing today, how long would you live?

Not as long as you might think. For radical life extension we need to reverse ageing.

Exponential Increase in Mortality and Diseases
28-Jun-2023

Exponential Increase in Mortality and Diseases

The data and science behind the exponential growth in mortality with age

Can love defeat death?
13-Feb-2023

Can love defeat death?

Health and life expectancy are affected by love, sex and marriage

A coffee a day keeps the grim reaper away
16-Feb-2016

A coffee a day keeps the grim reaper away

Relief for the many people who think their coffee habit is a guilty pleasure

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