Life Expectancy

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  • Obamacare Sees Swiss Show Mandatory-Private System Works

    Updated 55 minutes ago

    Money manager Tim McCarthy has worked in the U.S., Russia and Switzerland, and has seen doctors in all three countries for Hashimoto disease, a condition in which his immune system attacks his thyroid. He has no doubt which health system is best.

  • Hollande Thanks France’s Rich for Their Taxes After First Year

    French President Francois Hollande thanked wealthy taxpayers, promising to try to avoid burdening them further while defending his Socialist credentials.

  • The Six-Figure Reason to Stay Healthy

    There's a new six-figure reason to keep working out.

  • Jolie Mastectomy Fuels Debate on Breast Cancer Treatment

    Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy is fueling debate among the thousands of women at risk of developing breast cancer who want to know how, if and when to have their breasts removed.

  • Haley Leaves Health Law to U.S. as Residents Remain Uninsured

    Brandi Griffith, a South Carolina small-business owner who considers herself a conservative, shares a dislike of President Barack Obama’s $1.3 trillion Affordable Care Act with Nikki Haley, her Tea Party-backed Republican governor.

  • Cornell Food Fight Leads Gabre-Madhin to Battle Africa Scarcity

    When Eleni Gabre-Madhin climbed onto a cafeteria table as a junior at Cornell University almost 30 years ago and begged students to end the tradition of dinnertime food fights, she was mocked.

  • Be Rich, Be Smart, Live Longer. Fair?

    Better-educated Americans increasingly live longer than everyone else, and children from higher-income families in the U.S. are getting more education than other people. These are two of the most disturbing trends in the U.S., and it’s entirely plausible that they are related.

  • Longest Retirements Fuel Pressure for Singapore Remodel

    Singaporean Richard Mui joined the ranks of the world’s longest-living retirees when his career ended in 2010. Three years on, the 54-year-old can no longer afford to pay his father’s medical bills, and worries about putting his two children through university.

  • The Calamity of So Long Life: How Not to Outlive Your Assets

    Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s exhortation for women to "lean in" to their careers has encountered more than a bit of pushback. But if there is one thing women need to seriously lean into, it is planning for what comes after the career: a long post-work life.

  • Longer Lives and Lower Health Costs in 2040: Business Class

    One of the biggest questions in determining the future sustainability of our health-care system is this: Will the 21st century witness as large an increase in the average life expectancy of the rich countries -- 30 to 40 years -- as occurred during the last century?

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