Mortality and Longevity

Latest research

1. Associations of loneliness, social isolation and healthy lifestyle with life expectancy free of major physical disease and mental disorder

   • Xuan Wang
   • Hao Ma
   • Lu Qi

   in Nature Communications

   Article Open access 20 August 2026

   

2. Daily briefing: People older than 100 have more cancer-killing cells

   • Flora Graham

   in Nature

   Article 20 August 2026

   

3. Avian influenza amplified age-related mortality in a long-lived seabird

   • Wouter Courtens
   • Mónika Ballmann
   • Ulrich Knief

   in Nature Communications

   Article Open access 19 August 2026

   

4. Epidemiology and predictors of 30-day mortality in clinically significant Clostridium species infections

   • Ana Gorgulho
   • Ana Rita Paixão
   • Luís Malheiro

   in Discover Medicine

   Article Open access 19 August 2026

5. Differential associations of resting heart rate and heart rate variability indices with cardiovascular and coronary heart disease mortality risk: the prospective KORA study

   • Kolade Oluwagbemigun
   • Dan Ziegler
   • Christian Herder

   in Scientific Reports

   Article Open access 18 August 2026

   

6. Asia’s longevity gains must be translated into better health

   • Chiranjib Chakraborty

   in Nature

   Article 18 August 2026

7. Age-dependent physiological responses and longevity in three Drosophila species with contrasting lifespans exposed to low temperature and constant darkness

   • Mikhail V. Shaposhnikov
   • Liubov A. Koval
   • Alexey Moskalev

   in Biogerontology

   Article 17 August 2026

   

8. Valuing the mortality burden of climate extremes and air pollution in Asia

   • Prashant Kumar Verma
   • Arun Kumar Giri

   in Discover Public Health

   Article Open access 16 August 2026

   

9. From the Cradle to the Grave? Welfare Regimes and the Quantity of Life: Global Trends and Cross-National Evidence

   • Francesco Bromo
   • Alexander C. Pacek
   • Benjamin Radcliff

   in Social Indicators Research

   Article Open access 14 August 2026

   

10. Effect of management in intermediate care unit versus conventional hospitalization on long-term mortality and autonomy in patients with rib fractures aged 75 years and older: a retrospective study

    • Elisa Vallod
    • Sophie Debord-Peguet
    • Mathilde Gueret-du-Manoir

    in European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

    Article 14 August 2026

    

11. Stervensbuddyzorg

    • Hans Peltenburg

    in TVZ - Verpleegkunde in praktijk en wetenschap

    Article 13 August 2026

    

12. Overall and Cause-Specific Late Mortality in Long-Term Survivors of Early Onset Solid Cancer After Surgery: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

    • Jian Li
    • Xiaohong Kuang

    in Annals of Surgical Oncology

    Article 13 August 2026

    

13. Temperature–mortality associations and attributable burden in Vojvodina, Serbia, 2000–2020

    • Ivan Marinković

    in International Journal of Biometeorology

    Article 13 August 2026

    

14. Examining the Aging Paradox Using Happy Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy Among Chinese Older Adults

    • Yan Liu
    • Xiaochun Qiao

    in Journal of Happiness Studies

    Article 12 August 2026

    

15. 33 Jahre Schrittmacherlaufzeit – ein ungewöhnlicher Fall

    • Martin Koval
    • Timur Kyashif
    • Torsten Doenst

    in Herzschrittmachertherapie + Elektrophysiologie

    Article 11 August 2026

    

16. Trends in Work Capacity in the U.S. Population: Are Recent Cohorts in Worse Health?

    • David M Cutler
    • Ellen Meara
    • Susan T Stewart

    in Journal of Population Ageing

    Article Open access 08 August 2026

    

17. Diet-dependent, beneficial and adverse effects of rapamycin on life span of Drosophila melanogaster

    • Lauren N. Jackson
    • Azriel M. Boles
    • Robin J. Mockett

    in GeroScience

    Article Open access 08 August 2026

    

18. So rechnen Sie Palliativmedizin richtig ab

    • Felix Brokamp

    in MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin

    Article 07 August 2026

    

19. Measuring Human Well-Being in India and its Major States Using the ‘Years of Good Life’ Indicator

    • Ruchira Chakraborty
    • Erich Striessnig
    • KS James

    in Social Indicators Research

    Article Open access 07 August 2026

    

20. Briefing Chat: Is DNA repair the secret to a long life? Whales and mole rats offer tantalizing hints

    • Shamini Bundell
    • Nick Petrić Howe

    in Nature

    Article 07 August 2026

    

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