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Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.

Tackling just five health factors could prevent millions of premature deaths and increase global life expectancy by almost 5 years, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says.

Scientists have known for some time that people who constantly worry tend to die at a younger age than others, but the cause wasn't clear.

Cutting daily calorie intake by 30 percent may put the brakes on the aging process, have beneficial effects on the brain, and result in a longer life span, according to a new 20-year study of monkeys published in the journal Science.

Getting to Andorra, a tiny country wedged in the mountains between France and Spain, is no easy feat.

In a boon for supporters of air-quality management, new findings show that the more particulate air pollution is reduced, the more life expectancy increases.

For those wondering just how much impact cleaning up the air can have, researchers now have a much fuller picture.