How long you live depends on where you live, new research suggests. Americans’ life expectancy increased throughout the 20th century, although in some states, particularly in the South, people aren’t ...

In the United States, how long a person lives can vary substantially depending on where in the country they reside. Comparing the life expectancy of people born from 1900 to 2000, a study published ...

Alabama is one of eight Southern states that has shown the weakest growth in life expectancy over the last 125 years. That’s according to a study which examined about 179 million deaths across the ...

Women tend to live longer than men. There are traditional explanations: Men smoke more. They drink more. They tend to engage in riskier behavior. But the fact that this lifespan gap holds true ...

They say actions speak louder than words — especially for women. A recent study published in Evolutionary Psychological Science has found that women prefer small acts of service — like helping with ...