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Life Expectancy in Australia Hits New High: Report

October 29, 2016 SrijitaAustralia, expectancy, High;, Hits, In, Life, New, Report

Life expectancy in Australia has hit a new high, with babies born in 2015 expected to live two years longer than those born in 2005, according to a report issued on Friday. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report showed that life expectancy had hit 84.5 years for females and 80.4 years for males, but demographics expert Peter McDonald of the University of Melbourne said that the statistics assume no improvements in healthcare and were therefore conservative estimates. “They are not any individual’s lifetime; they are just telling you the…

Knowing your life expectancy may be possible now

October 4, 2016 Srijitabe, expectancy, Knowing, Life, May, Now, possible, Your

Knowing your life expectancy may be possible now (Getty Images) We encounter many such cases where people have died very young, even after leading a healthy lifestyle. A new international study suggests that the answer lies in our DNA. UCLA geneticist Steve Horvath led a team of 65 scientists in seven countries to record age-related changes to human DNA, calculate biological age and estimate a person’s lifespan. A higher biological age, regardless of chronological age, consistently predicted an earlier death. “Our research reveals valuable clues into what causes human aging,…