Globally, the lifespan of populations increases but the healthspan is lagging behind.
Previous research showed that survival into extreme ages (longevity) clusters in families as …

For 2019, the World Health Organization predicted that vaccine hesitancy–the delayed
acceptance or outright refusal to use the available vaccination services–posed one of ten …

Many historical and contemporary studies have shown that migrants enjoy survival
advantages over non-migrants, even if they originate from higher mortality regimes and have …

Loci associated with longevity are likely to harbor genes coding for key players of molecular
pathways involved in a lifelong decreased mortality and decreased/compressed morbidity …

Globally, the lifespan of populations increases but the healthspan is lagging behind.
Previous research showed that survival into extreme ages (longevity) clusters in families as …

The death of a parent during childhood is a major traumatic event. While there is a good
understanding of the early-life effects of parental loss, the evidence regarding its impact on …

Descendants of longevity-enriched sibships demonstrate a broad health and survival
advantage throughout the life course. However, little is known about manifestations during …

Parental and offspring life spans are modestly associated and a transmission of disease risk
from parents to offspring has been proposed as a possible explanation. Using birth cohort …

Background Although human longevity tends to cluster within families, genetic studies on
longevity have had limited success in identifying longevity loci. One of the main causes of …

Globally, societies are amid a longevity revolution. By virtue of their longevous life,
centenarians, have been widely accepted as models for successful ageing. Numerous …