One of the biggest misconceptions about longevity and fitness is that visible fitness equals internal health. Someone can be lean and active but still have dangerously high apolipoprotein B (a protein ...

Living longer doesn’t always mean living healthier. That’s according to a study published in JAMA Network Open, which found a "widening gap between lifespan and healthspan" among 183 countries. In ...

Many people want to live as long as possible. But what about living as well as possible? Thats the idea behind extending whats called your healthspan. Healthspan is the length of time you live in good ...

Just a few extra minutes of sleep, a little more daily exercise and a healthier diet could be enough to extend your lifespan ...

By Marla Broadfoot, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic physicians are working hard to change how clinicians and patients think about aging. A ...

The gap of time between how long Americans live and how much of that time is spent in good health only grew wider in the last two decades, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. The ...

Consumers interested in staying mentally and physically fit are focusing on healthspan over lifespan, spurring innovation in better-for-you foods and beverages, according to Euromonitor’s ...

As sociologist William Bruce Cameron observed, "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." This is certainly true in medicine. As a physician ...

Emotional wellbeing is emerging as a top health concern for consumers across the generations, according to new research by the Hartman Group, which also found an increasing portion of people prefer to ...