Longevity & Aging

Health & inequality

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US child death rates fell 89% since 1935 but have been higher than peer nations' since 1975, study finds

Oct 14, 2026

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Does caregiving shorten life? What studies since 1999 show about the health of family caregivers

Oct 9, 2026

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Postpartum navigators missed the main goal of a 405-person trial but nearly doubled primary care follow-up

Oct 9, 2026

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Cash rewards with free medicines doubled six-month quit rates, to 8.8%, in smokers sent for lung screening

Oct 9, 2026

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Wildfire smoke was linked to shorter survival in lung cancer, more so per microgram than other air pollution

Oct 9, 2026

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Loneliness and isolation tied to up to 5.8 fewer years free of depression or anxiety in 277,489 adults

Oct 4, 2026

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Wealth gap in aging: the poorest 60-year-olds in England walked as slowly as the richest 75-year-olds

Oct 4, 2026

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Childhood disadvantage was linked to higher adult death rates in a review of 102 studies, 8.5 million people

Oct 1, 2026

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Cash gifts to low-income mothers slowed a DNA marker of aging pace in their young children

Sep 29, 2026

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Microplastics turned up in 77% of lung samples from 2024 autopsies, against 19% from 1991

Sep 29, 2026

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Air pollution and rheumatoid arthritis: fine particles tied to more flares in 1,070 patients

Sep 26, 2026

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A blood marker of long-term inflammation went with 43% higher heart risk, in UK Biobank data

Sep 23, 2026

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Incense, oil diffusers and candles sent indoor particle pollution soaring, in 112 London homes

Sep 22, 2026

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Working more than 52 hours a week tracked with more tooth decay across 1.1 million check-ups

Sep 21, 2026

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Air pollution rose by about a quarter in cities after US embassies stopped publishing air-quality readings

Sep 17, 2026

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Nurse-led heart failure care cut deaths by 22% across 22 centers in India

Sep 8, 2026

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Hospital takeovers cut heart attack deaths in Germany while leaving stroke deaths unchanged

Sep 8, 2026

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London's clean air zone restored children's lung growth, and four years later the deficit was gone

Aug 28, 2026

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A phone app lifted tuberculosis cure rates from 74% to 82% in a randomized trial

Aug 28, 2026

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Social participation tracked 22% lower death risk in older adults across 25 cohort studies

Aug 26, 2026

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Social prescribing navigators beat a referral line, 50% to 36%, in 326 Ontario patients

Aug 18, 2026

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Unresolved long COVID tracked leaving work in England

Aug 16, 2026

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Social disadvantage tracked with three fewer reproductive years

Jul 29, 2026