In the wake of a recent government study attributing the sharpest two-year decline in the average life expectancy of Americans in 2020 and 2021 mainly to COVID deaths, some analysts are pointing to emerging statistics showing more people died after the rollout of the vaccine than did during the height of the pandemic. That’s while…
Sharpest Life Expectancy Drop in 100 Years Has More Causes Than COVID-19
The US Life Expectancy Is at Its Lowest Point in 25 Years—Why?
Commentary Last year, the average life expectancy of Americans dropped to 76.1 years, the lowest in 25 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The question, though, is why? In short, Americans are desperately unhealthy. This is a point that has been emphasized before. Nevertheless, if the United States has any hope of turning this deeply unhealthy…
US Life Expectancy Down Three Years in Two Years
Commentary Jared Kushner had not yet read the news most likely. He was just telling an interviewer that he is working on getting more healthy because his generation is likely to be the first to “live forever” or the “last generation that’s going to die.” Therefore we need to “keep ourselves in pretty good shape.”…
Good Lifestyle Habits Can Extend Life Expectancy: Japanese Medical Survey
Japan is well recognized for the longevity of its citizens, which many believe can be attributed to Japanese diet habits and lifestyle. Ryoto Sakaba and Professor Hiroyasu Iso of the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, published a 20-year study in May that provided convincing evidence that the relationship between good lifestyle habits and longevity…
COVID Exposed the Medical-Pharmaceutical-Government Complex
June 20, 2022
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Commentary In college, I took a Latin American Politics and Development class. When discussing Latin American medical care, Professor Eldon Kenworthy presented a deeply countercultural idea. Echoing a journal article by the scholar, Robert Ayres, Kenworthy maintained that building hospitals there costs lives. If, instead of erecting, equipping, and staffing gleaming medical centers, this same…
Australian Study Finds Eating Meat Extends Life Expectancy
Researchers at the University of Adelaide in South Australia have found that eating meat provides important benefits for overall human health and life expectancy. Published in the International Journal of General Medicine on Feb. 22, the study looked into the overall health effects of total meat consumption in over 170 countries. Researchers found that the consumption of energy…
No Connection Between Vitamin D and Higher Life Expectancy: Study
January 25, 2022
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Taking vitamin D every month will not help older Australians extend their life expectancy, a study has revealed. On the other hand, consuming large amounts of vitamin D monthly may result in a slightly higher risk of dying from cancer, as shown in the results from the landmark trial by the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research…
US Life Expectancy Drops 1.5 Years, Driven by COVID-19 Pandemic
Life expectancy in the United States dropped by a year-and-a-half in 2020 versus a year prior, researchers said Wednesday. The decrease of life expectancy at birth from 78.8 years to 77.3 years was largely attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has devastated America and many other countries. “The decline in life expectancy between 2019 and…
Should I Take the Lump Sum Option From My Pension?
Dear Carrie: I’m about to retire, and I have to decide between taking a lump sum or lifetime income payments for my pension. I’m leaning toward the lump sum. Is this a good idea?—A Reader Dear Readers: My first thought is to say congratulations! A pension in any form—whether taken as a lump sum, as…
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