A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.

The study used a national Medicaid claims database and excluded Oregon, South Dakota and Arkansas because of reporting ...

Mixing up several different exercises lowers the risk of dying more than just doing one kind of activity. People who did the ...

When mammals have offspring, both in the wild and in captivity, new life is celebrated. This is especially true for species ...

Scientists have long believed that longevity is shaped by lifestyle choices; however, a new study reveals that genes may play a larger role in determining how long people live.

A recent study found that regularly eating meat as part of a balanced diet might actually increase your chances of living to 100. While that's great news for carnivores, there's an important caveat to ...

A new study suggests that lifespan might be 50% heritable — although for now, it's hard to know if the finding applies across diverse populations.

Men's heart health tends to decline earlier in life, and the difference is driven largely by coronary heart disease, which ...

Researchers reviewed the body mass index of over 11 million Americans.

The Isle Royale wolf and moose study is now entering its 68th year. It is the world’s longest-running predator-prey study and takes place on this remote island archipelago, about 60 miles from the ...

Commonly cited statistics on the mortality risk of pregnancy when compared to abortion in the U.S. are a vast undercount, ...

Longevity, the authors estimated, was about 25 percent heritable, meaning the remaining three quarters was determined by ...