A new study has revealed that mental disorders, many of which go undiagnosed and untreated, could be taking more years off of people’s lives than chain smoking does.
Life expectancy has improved so quickly over the past century that scientists say, age 72 is the new 30. According to the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany, people are living longer and the increase has been so rapid that a person in his or her early 70's would be compared to someone in the early 1800's at the age of 30...
You want to live longer? Move to New York City.
In a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced New Yorkers are living longer than ever before. This is despite the many hazards of city living including crime, pollution and crazy taxi drivers.