Death isn't the most pleasant thing to think about. But the reality is that it will happen to all of us. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a vested interest in the timing of your death.

A person's age is one of the best predictors of how much longer they are likely to live. This is the main idea behind life expectancy. Life expectancy is a statistical measure of how long a person is ...

National Public Health Week 2005 is focused on empowering Americans to live stronger, longer. Although federal data report that Americans are living longer, many older Americans continue to suffer ...

Most of us seem to know that the average American lives between 70 and 80 years: 73.5 years for men, and 79.3 for women, to be exact. Fewer of us understand that life expectancy rises with age. An ...

(ARA) - Boomers can take heart in some surprising news released in recent weeks by Eons.com about the longevity of 50-plus Americans. Their research, which examined the projected lifespan of Americans ...