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New research we’ve done into ageing shows that the strength of your grasp may also be one of the most useful ways to measure your true age. Different measures of physical abilities can be assessed to determine…
The situation for children is getting worse: for the first time in more than 17 years, child poverty in the UK has increased in absolute terms. While the poorest areas are being hit hardest by current…
Links between human health and pet ownership are of widespread community interest but there’s little clarity about the issue in scientific circles. It is relatively safe to say that pets can be good for…
If you follow the debate on “population ageing” you could be forgiven for thinking that it is a bad thing; growing numbers of older people mean greying societies, struggling to maintain pensions, welfare…
Despite low spending on health, a weak health system and widespread poverty, Bangladesh has achieved great strides in life expectancy, vaccination rates, TB control and a child’s chances of surviving past…
Testosterone levels in the middle range in older men is linked with living longer. Lower levels of the key male sex hormone…
Eating a handful of nuts daily makes you 20% less likely to die, over a 30-year period, than those who didn’t consume any…
Males who are unemployed for more than two years show faster signs of aging in their DNA. The research was conducted by looking…
Sustained physical activity can result in longer life expectancy and a greater quality of life new research suggests. The…
**A more sustainable Australia* As we hit the half-way mark of the 2013 election campaign, we’ve asked academics to look at some of the long-term issues affecting Australia – the issues that will shape…
Most people do not want to live to 100 years old, according to new Australian National University research. Half of the 50-89…
Australians may be living longer, but the growing incidence of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and back pain mean we’re spending more time living with illness, reveals the latest Global Burden of Disease…
Human life expectancy has increased so much over the last four generations that 72 can be considered “the new 30”, according to a study led by researchers from Germany. The study, published today in US…
Extra weight is not necessarily linked with a higher risk of death. When compared to those with normal weight, people who…
Watching television for an average of six hours a day could shorten life expectancy by almost five years, according to a study we published today in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. What’s more…
Crickets that exert large amounts of energy throughout their lives have been found to die earlier than their less-energetic…
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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Professor of Economics, emeritus, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Honorary Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Brass Blacker Associate Professor of Demography at LSHTM and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne
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AXA Professor of Epidemiology of Ageing, Newcastle University
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Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Professor of Biogerontology, University of Brighton
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Dean of the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
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Professor of Food Policy, City, University of London
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Professor of Public Health, Griffith University
