If you could learn when you’re likely to die, would you find out? Or would you rather it come as a complete surprise? You might someday be faced with this question. A group of Ottawa-based researchers ...

People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) frequently live well into adulthood. Advances in treatment have significantly increased the life expectancy for this condition. The median life expectancy ...

The life expectancy of Canadians has been increasing for decades, but some aspects of this phenomenon are not well-known. Consider the following. 1. We usually hear about life expectancy from birth, ...

Canadians born in 2030 will live longer by a few years — to age 84 for a man and 87 for a woman — than the preceding generation, according to a U.K. study that projects life expectancies in 35 ...

Life expectancy in western countries, once on a steady upward trajectory, has hit a worrying slowdown since 2011, with obesity, poor diet and physical inactivity taking a heavy toll — compounded by ...

Life expectancy improving for all income groups Life expectancy in Canada has been rising steadily, with men expected to live 7.7 years longer now than they did in 1965 and women expected to live 6.4 ...

Life expectancy is an important, albeit challenging factor in financial planning. Certified Financial Planners are supposed to help people structure a retirement that could last well into their 90s, ...