life expectancy

Social factors - rather than genetics - are to blame for huge variations in ill health and life expectancy around the world, a report concludes.

(Elsevier) Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy is the gold-standard therapy for prostate cancer in men with a life expectancy of 10 years or more.

Life expectancy for people with HIV increases by 13 years on average since the late 1990s, survey finds.

A new study shows a boost in life expectancy for HIV patients since the advent of antiretroviral drug therapy.

NEW YORK -- In the early days of the HIV pandemic, patients could expect only a few years between diagnosis and a final, fatal, AIDS-associated illness, but today life expectancy has increased four-fold.

Americans' life expectancy reached a record high of 78.1 years in 2006, with disparities among ethnic groups and between the sexes generally narrowing, according to government data released yesterday.

HYATTSVILLE, Md. -- American life expectancy has hit a record high, reaching 78.1 years for babies born in 2006.

For the first time, U.S. life expectancy has surpassed 78 years, the government reported Wednesday, although the United States continues to lag behind about 30 other countries in estimated life span.

Women whose breast cancer is diagnosed and treated an early stage can look forward to a normal life expectancy.

U.S. life expectancy has hit another new record. Babies born in 2006 have a life expectancy of 78.1 years, says the CDC.