May 30 2013
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Previous studies have established a steep decline in the life expectancy of white women without a high school…
Mar 1 2013
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Feeling optimistic? Well, TERRIBLE NEWS — your optimism is decreasing the longevity of your life. Does that make you…
Apr 21 2012
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While research suggests that women will, on average, still outlive men by four years (the average is 66.1 to 81.6…
Dec 28 2011
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Mayor Bloomberg is interpreting new life expectancy statistics showing New Yorkers live longer than anybody else to…
Aug 16 2011
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Your parents were right. Watching TV will totally usher you into an early grave — and even an hour a day can have an…
Jun 15 2011
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Women's life expectancies are falling in many areas of the US, possibly as a result of smoking and obesity. But amid…
May 12 2010
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A younger wife tends to raise her husband's life expectancy. But a new study shows that, for women, the opposite is…
Jan 14 2010
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The Times of London says women today could live to 120. But, the Times takes pains to remind us, we still have to…
Apr 22 2008
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For the first time in almost a century, life expectancy has dropped for some American women. According to a study published today in PLoS Medicine, a journal of the Public Library of Science, life expectancy for women has declined in 1,000 counties. The Washington Post reports that those 1,000 counties are home to 12%…
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