Longevity Magazine

The longevity paradox

What science is showing us, though, is that the actions we start today could set us on a path towards centenarian status, or, at the very least, offer us a longer healthspan

Can you imagine a world, back in the Stone Age, when life expectancy at birth was only about 25 years? By 1900, the average American was living to the age of 49, and, 100 years later, that number jumped to 77.

In 2021, global life expectancy surged past 70 years. And now, as I write this editorial, scientists say a baby born today

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