Longevity

Longevity refers to the length of a human lifespan and the pursuit of extending it through various medical, scientific, and lifestyle interventions. It encompasses a growing industry of clinics and programs focused on health optimization and age-related disease prevention.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to the rise of commercial longevity clinics and public debate over the efficacy, cost, and ethics of their unproven anti-aging treatments.

Latest on Longevity

• What are hospital longevity programs, and what can they tell you about your health?
• STAT+: Can you live longer for $5,500? Longevity clinics are the buzzy new trend at nonprofit hospitals
• Future-ready: how Asia’s wealthiest should plan for the age of longevity
• The most important longevity term you’ve probably never heard of
• The cowboy clinics selling unproven longevity treatments
• Reduce protein to increase longevity? Nutrition experts say that’s a bad idea

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